[ale] Need a chep machine

[Geoffrey]

Warren Myers wrote:
> every eMachines box I've used has worked on the order of 2-4 years.

Emachines was purchased by gateway and now acer now owns them.  I've 
heard their quality has gone up since the acquisitions, but no personal 
experience.

> 
> WMM
> 
> On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 8:57 AM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Emachines are bottom-feeders. Lifespan measured in months not years.
>> Disposable hardware by design. If that's OK for the use, $200 is a very
>> cheap price for new hardware.
>>
>> On Mar 29, 2010 8:30 AM, "Chuck Payne" <terrorpup at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Guys,
>>
>> Don't take this as spam, but I just got an e-mail from buy.com, they
>> have e-machine for $200, are they good machine?
>>
>> http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=214870148&i=0&adid=17070
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