Who carries eMachines?

[Lane Lewis]

OT Freddy stop that. So if you have no time go to www.mwave.com and have
them build you one with just the basic componants. Take grandma to BB and
have her pick out the moniter keyboard and mouse that she likes.

Motherboard
Intel Box D815EPEA2 Intel 815EP Chipset, Ultra ATA100, (Retail Box) $109
3 yr w

CPU
Intel Celeron 800mhz (Retail Box) $84 3 yr w

Case
Enlight 7237 with 250w PSU $47 1yr w

Memory (buy at www.crucial.com ) lifetime w
256 megs Cas2 PC133 $65

Video card your choice

Emachines are junk period

Thanks Lane Lewis

"Fat Freddy" <s...@y.hungry> wrote in message
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> Thanks to all those who responded to my earlier 'Best Buy' thread. As far
> as why I'm going to let my grandmother buy a PC at Best Buy rather than
> having her get a system online or building one for her, well, she's
> determined to buy one "onsite" herself and doesn't want to do mail order.
>
> And I don't have the time to build one. Believe me, there's no arguing.
>
> Anyway, I was just going to have her get a Celeron eMachine, since
> they're so cheap and suitable to the lightweight tasks she'll be
> performing. However, I've noticed that BB is bad about being out of stock
> on stuff. If she comes into town and BB is, like, sorry we don't have
> those, how about a bloated HP or a crappy-ass Presario, what other retail
> outlets can we go to that carry eMachines? I know this is a dumb
> question, but I'm extremely busy and don't know if I'll have time to
> research this. Thanks.
>
>
> (P.S. Yeah, I know this is OT. I got scolded for that in my previous
> post and almost didn't post this message for that reason, but I think
> that a number of people in this NG would have the info I'm requesting.)
>

[Joseph Almanzo]

> what other retail
>outlets can we go to that carry eMachines?

I've seen them at Office Depot. But I think Best Buy has a better selection.

Joe

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[Impromptu]

eMachines? LOL

Friend, they are very close to bankruptcy, now trading at 20 cents/share and
they don't have a clue how to survive.

And I'd hold my breath and turn blue before buying a Compaq.

So I think your only real choice at Best Buy is to go with the HP PC. And
there is also pressure on HP to get out of the PC biz but they are still a
lot better than Comphack.

Got any Gateway Country stores near you or any MicroCenter Stores?
www.microcenter.com

[curtis]

Yeah Lane is right don't ever buy eMachines they're probably worse that HP
and Compaq, although not bloated they're slower. If you need cheap then
substitute a Soyo K7VLM-B mobo, its got onboard video and sound, and then
you can put in a Duron 800MHz again from mwave.com), all other suggestions
are good for a good, cheap system.

Hope this helps,

Curtis

"Lane Lewis" <lanjl...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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[Matt Austin]

Office Depot, they're usually around $10-20 more than Best Buy though, why
don't you just tell her to try Best Buy and if they don't have it, then
worry about it. They might not be out of stock ALL the time.

Matt

[Mike Daniel]

In article <3b32...@flexnet239.uunt.net>, jb...@peoplepc.com says...

> Office Depot, they're usually around $10-20 more than Best Buy though, why
> don't you just tell her to try Best Buy and if they don't have it, then
> worry about it. They might not be out of stock ALL the time.
>
> Matt

Believe it or not, they can be. How can a company stay in business when
everyone says "They're always out of stock" any time you mention their
name?

Mike