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On Tue, 06 Mar 2007 11:32:35 -0600, Tori wrote:
> I had an HP Pavilian just over two years old. It took
me three
> tries to get a working modem (and then it was so old
it almost
> never connected above 33. I finally took a six year
old modem out
> of another computer that would connect at 42
regularly. The card
> reader never did work. They'd send one, I'd try it.
It wouldn't
> work. I finally just hooked up an external one we had
here and
> gave up. It was always one to two hours talking to 4
or 5
> different people and it just wasn't worth the hassle.
A couple of
> months ago, the USB ports stopped working. Some
research online
> turned up the information that HP knew that happened
but had no
> fix for it. It also happened with another company
(Dell I think)
> but they did have a fix (which wouldn't work on HP).
By using the
> old printer port and a non USB mouse, I was getting
along with it.
> Then one day I rebooted. Normally I thought.
However 2/3 of the
> way through I got a black screen that said 'hardware
failure' and
> that was it.
>
> Motherboard was gone. Frankly I had no desire to put
a new one in
> since it hadn't impressed me with its reliability. I
did some
> research online and found out that eMachines actually
have a
> pretty good rep for being decent inexpensive
computers. I got one
> on sale at Circuit City (who actually had them cheaper
than Best
> Buy) and I really like it. It's fast and isn't loaded
with a lot
> of eMachine software (my HP was full of HP crap that I
spent days
> removing and never did get it to reboot faster). So
far, while
> it's only been a couple of months, I really like the
eMachine. I
> dropped the old HP hard drive in before I even booted
it up the
> first time and on start there it was labeled
HP_Pavilian and
> HP_Recovery.
>
> This one boots or reboots in a fraction of the time
the HP did.
> Money was important and eMacine was a good deal for
me. And if it
> only lasts a couple of years, at least I don't have a
huge
> investment in it....smile.
>
> Tori
>
> At 09:27 AM 3/6/2007, you wrote:
> > My Uncle has an eMachine and got it at Wal-Mart.
That was the
> > first I had heard of an eMachine and I thought he
was mixed up
> > about what he had! He finally convinced me it
was a "real"
> > brand. Sandi ----- Original Message ----- From:
"dswabc"
> > To: Sent:
> > Tuesday, March 06, 2007 5:33 AM Subject:
-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Up
> > and runnng!
> >
> >
> > > If you want to buy one rather than build
one
> > > check out the Compaq and
> > > E-machine computers at Wal-Mart. Packages
> > > without a monitor start at about
> > > $300 for a 3GHz with DVD burner and Vista
Home
> > > basic.
> > >
> > > Don
> > > --
> > >
> > >
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