At one time eMachines were all junk but back then they entered the market as low priced machines. Their cheap machines are still junk like everyone else's but their mid-priced machines are good.
Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com 256-656-1924 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kaleb C. Striplin Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 7:09 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT, computers again Anybody know anything about those eMachines? Junk or what? dave walton wrote: > You can count on Dell to use non-standard motherboards, power > supplies, and cases. I have stopped using then for rackmount systems > too. They are good for a cheap desktop in an office. > One customer bought a couple rackmount Dells that are supposed to take > 8 hard drives. The drive caddies were not included and Dell wanted > over $100 each just for the caddies - unless you bought them from Dell > with a hard dive and paid over $150 for a 250Gig drive. The street > price is ~ $50 for that drive. Dell is a bit behind the curve. > > Kmart had a deal with Lindows a while back for low-end systems. I > think they call it Linspire or something else now. > > -Dave Walton > > On Jan 27, 2008 1:30 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Been looking into the computer upgrade thing. As I posted before, I >> always custom ordered what I wanted as far as processor, memory etc then >> just transfer my other hardware over. Im getting a big headache trying >> to figure out what processor is what, what memory is what etc. Ran thru >> a few options and it seems its as expensive if not more than what is on >> sale at best buy or whatever. So would it seem I am better off just >> buying whatever is on sale that fits my needs? Any certain brands to >> look for? Do they sell them at the store that do not have a bunch of >> crap preloaded on there? I hate buying those computers that already >> have half their space used up by preloaded crap I will never use. >> Another aspect I like of not buying the store computers is the fact that >> the cases etc are not always standard. With the custom ordered >> barebones deals, you can swap whatever you want at any point. Power >> supplies are standard, drive bays, etc. Stuff like that. Anyway, >> enough rambling, thoughts? Most of these store bought systems come with >> Vista now. Is that a good thing or should I just look on ebay and buy >> something there that may or may not have an OS installed? >> -- >> Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK >> 94 E420, 92 300SD, 92 300D, 92 250D Turbo, 92 300E 4Matic, >> 91 300D, 90 420SEL, 89 560SEL, 89 260E, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, >> 84 190D, 84 300D euro manny, 81 240D, 81 380SLC, 80 240D, 76 240D, >> 76 300D, 72 250C, 69 250 >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >> For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 94 E420, 92 300SD, 92 300D, 92 250D Turbo, 92 300E 4Matic, 91 300D, 90 420SEL, 89 560SEL, 89 260E, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, 84 190D, 84 300D euro manny, 81 240D, 81 380SLC, 80 240D, 76 240D, 76 300D, 72 250C, 69 250 http://www.okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.12/1245 - Release Date: 1/26/2008 3:45 PM _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
