eMachine???

thewolfe · Post by **thewolfe** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 10:20 am

A friend's son wants to buy her an eMachine. She only looks at e-mail and not much else.

I forgot they even made them anymore. eMachine or not to eMachine, that is the question.

Isaac · Post by **Isaac** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 10:47 am

Install Ubuntu or some flavor of linux!

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 11:46 am

The question is how crappy of a machine do you want to have to support if they end up calling you for help on it.

thewolfe · Post by **thewolfe** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 12:08 pm

This is a 70 year old lady and I was going to suggest a $400-$500 Dell but her son said she doesn't need something that good and suggested an eMachine which I haven't even heard of for years.

Anyway I am staying out of it and letting the chips fall where they may.

And a question...is there an "uncrappy" eMachine?

fliptw · Post by **fliptw** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 12:19 pm

thewolfe wrote:This is a 70 year old lady and I was going to suggest a $400-$500 Dell but her son said she doesn't need something that good and suggested an eMachine which I haven't even heard of for years.

Anyway I am staying out of it and letting the chips fall where they may.

And a question...is there an "uncrappy" eMachine?

Yeah, they are called iMacs.

TigerRaptor · Post by **TigerRaptor** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 8:10 pm

Isaac wrote:Install Ubuntu or some flavor of linux!

Is that your answer for everything?

Isaac · Post by **Isaac** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 8:50 pm

hahha. Sorry.

snoopy · Post by **snoopy** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 8:30 pm

I'd say go with a more reputable brand.

TOR_LordRaven · Post by **TOR_LordRaven** » Fri Sep 09, 2011 12:09 pm

eMachines is part of the Gateway / Acer brand. better built now than they used to be actually.

thewolfe · Post by **thewolfe** » Fri Sep 09, 2011 7:23 pm

Her son bought her a Compaq and will be fine for her.

Thanks for the posts.

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 10:49 pm

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