ʍoןd ʇɐǝɯ wrote:
On Sat, 29 May 2010 03:18:18 -0700, mike ǝʇoɹʍ:

D Yuniskis wrote:


eMachines are... well, we won't go there! :-/

I 'spose that may be why the E-machine 'puters at the scrapyard are
usually still intact.

I own a 2005 eMachine, 2.0 ghz AMD Athalon64. It's now a Windows 7
machine and does its job flawlessly. Just like any other brand you need
to know what you are buying within the brand name.

I've yet to buy new, so I'm always stuck with whatever is already
there. However, it always cheers me to find inside a MB made by Intel
and a PSU with a name like Astec or Antec, or even John Deere, I've
had pretty good
service out those.

I bought an LG dvd burner a couple years ago from a former IT guy and
it is really phenomenal at reading dvds even when they're covered with
finger prints and scratches (like a lot of the ones at the local
library have), whereas, none of my previous burners (grand total of 2)
would be able to read 'em, at least not error free.

Being semi-retired
from the IT world now since 2008 I've seen plenty of junk out there
with Compac, HP, Sony, Toshiba badges on them. One thing you need to
understand is not many if any make 100% of their own components. So you
should not make global statements condemning the badge name without this
knowledge.

I had pretty good service with a T1742 that a neighbor gave me, it had
an Intel MB, and didn't have a Bestec PSU.
The 3 I found at the scrapyard all had failed Bestec PSU's, which
became notorious for not having a crowbar circuit to shut down the
outputs if they went over-voltage. Maybe they started using a better
PSU, the last blown up one I found was a T2862 or something like that,
I suspect a few years older than your 2005 model.