Customer Reviews

eMachines T2824 Desktop PC (2.53 GHz Celeron D 325, 256 MB RAM, 40 GB Hard Drive, DVD/CD-RW Drive)

5 star:		(1)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

This is a great starter PC or an additional one for your kids. After having owned two Dell PCs that had serious quality problems, I bought this PC and is generally happy with it, considering the low price. This PC is a much better value than any entry-level Dell PC.

Pros:

- This PC has an unmistakable strong resemblance to Gateway PCs (you can see for yourself at CompUSA, where they have both PCs side-by-side), both of which are apparently produced at the same factory in China.

- Quality construction (inside and out) that's more rugged than Dell.

- Easy to set up and get going.

Cons:

- The DVD drive is very noisy and vibrates. (But a more expensive Dell PC had the same problem.)

- The cheap video card and low RAM means children's software would often hang and requires fairly frequent reboot of the PC.

P.S. If you're looking for quality and performance, I'd highly recommend the Sony VAIO VGC-RC110G.

Emachine computers work very well and don't really crash often like I thought from an unknown brand like emachine. I have had mine for 4 years and all I just need to do is to add more memory and HD, because computer technology has been getting better in it.

After building a bunch of PCs I got lazy and decided to buy one for the parents. But unit arrived dead as a rock. Power on light turned on when you hit the on button, but no startup. No fan movement. No monitor signal. NOTHING.

Had to return unit.

I bought this PC and after 30 days it won't even boot up. Very disappointing.

I bought 3 machines because the price was right, and I thought they would last a couple of years. When the first one died, I thought it was supply related so I swapped in one from a good one to confirm. It not only didn't fix it, but the 2nd one no longer worked. Freak coincidence? Carefully swapping in the 3rd supply into the 2nd machine confirmed the 2nd one was bad. When the 3rd supply was moved back into #3, it failed to work, just as dead as #2. I used an ESD strap and was very careful. Emachines said the mother boards were bad and I needed to buy a new one (make that three). They happen to ship a free different model power supply with their new mother boards because (with the original) many people were having problems getting them to work together. After they changed models of the supply the problems disapeared. To me, this indicates the premature release of a marginal design. They refused to fix the situation after the warranty expired. They should have issued a recall. They get an "F", and lose a customer.

Just a short review to let you know were are very pleased with our Emachines T4892. Purchased it in June 2004, and have never had any technical problems or issues to deal with. Comes with the CD-RW drive, 80GB hard drive, 256mb RAM. It holds more memory than we could ever need since we don't use it for a business. Great for everyday use such as basic word processing, high-speed internet use, etc.

Two years strong and probably not giving up anytime soon. I would purchase another Emachines product in a heartbeat, since it's the second Emachines computer I've had since purchasing the first one in December 2001 (and the only reason why I was forced into purchasing the model I have now is because the 2001 computer died when we dropped it to the ground as we moved from one home into another- that one had lasted 2 1/2 years without any issues as well). Great computers for great prices!

To start off with, I'm surprised by the bad reviews this computer has recieved on this site. This is my 3rd emachine in several years and I've never had bad luck with any of them. The only reason I didn't give this computer 5 stars is that it only shipped with 256MB Ram and has a CD R/RW instead of the current DVD R/RW. That was adequate for me until recently and I am in the process of upgrading with another 512MB today. I originally bought this model about 2 years ago and my kids (8&12) also used (abused) it for about 1 1/2 of those 2 yrs. The only problems I've had are software related.

My next computer will likely be another emachine or another self built one. I'd recommend this over a Dell any day. I've used other name brand computers, too, mostly at work and my emachine has been better than any of them, for the money. I bought mine at Best Buy for $400.00 and change.

Dead...wont even boot up. Luckily eMachines has a good tech support and they are willing to give me a new PC. But ofr the nine months it worked, it was a great value for the money. I'll only recommend it if I saw it work for longer than that.