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I've edited out the improperly worded Criticism section, as it states opinion rather than fact, although I believe eMachines are crap too. --Fireware 17:53, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

I myself use an eMachines M5405. My previous laptop (an Apple iBook) had died one time too many, so I was in a hurry to pickup a new laptop. I didn't have the time to really research laptops, and went by price instead. I decided on the M5405, which has served me well since December of 2004. It was only after I bought the machine that I went to see what reviewers thought of the machine, and I was pleasantly surprised to see that it fared so well.
JesseG 17:44, August 14, 2005 (UTC)

I use a T2642 desktop, and frankly couldn't ask for more given the price. It's a perfect desktop for those not performing intensive operations requiring exceptionally fast processors or high RAM. I would say it serves the average student well. Impaciente 19:44, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

Indeed, my T6211 is great given the price, it is the perfect computer for a student. --GorillazFanAdam 03:33, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
Another more or less satisfied eMachines user here -- both I and my wife have eMachines desktops, and the reason I have mine is that hers has held up so well. I'm unimpressed with the support, but as a general rule I haven't really needed support from any computer maker -- and I blame that on the fact most of the problems I've had have been bonehead easy to resolve on my own. 24.178.126.182 02:18, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

There was a comment on the article that claimed that "emachines can't get youtube". However, when I signed in, the comment disappeared. I just thought I'd say that eMachines computers can get YouTube, and that both of mine have lasted extremely well. It's ashame that eMachines were bought out. - Zestos, 15:35, 03 December 2006 (GMT)

[edit] Defects....

I used to kinda work on computers myself a couple years back and the Computer I would hear the most about when someone had just bought a new computer and it needed fixed was eMachines. I highly recommend not to buy one of these computer because they are really just oversized paperweights... They often have bad Motherboards and their Tech Support is rather horrible... I have heard of many cases where they will not live up to their Warrenty either...

Thanks for hearing me out,

                 Mike(Truthinsuffering)

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Truthinsuffering (talk • contribs) 11:41, 10 April 2006 (UTC-7)

I don't have an eMachine myself, but through reading other people's comments, it seems their more recent computers are a lot more trustworthy. You probably bought one a couple years ago or even earlier than that.

                 Hotness(TruthinsufferingEMOEMOLOL)

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.233.184.122 (talk • contribs) 13:15, 14 June 2006 (UTC-7)

I don't have an eMachine either, nor will I ever. Time after time I've had people bring in their eMachines, only to discover an inadequate level of memory; so low, in fact, that Windows almost solely used swap. I refute the idea that eMachines are for the average person. Average people have 5 toolbars and 8 programs they've never seen before, plus one called "Internet Update." Average people click on links in emails that say "Free stuff!" No, eMachines are for people who run Word and IE (but not at the same time). I pity those suckered into eMachines. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 216.49.223.194 (talk • contribs) 17:18, 26 January 2007 (UTC-7)

It's important to use Wikipedia to inform people about the motherboard and power supply burn-out problems. The techies at Best Buy's Geek Squad unanimously agreed (in 2007) that emachines are junk when I brought mine to them to repair (He didn't use the word 'junk'). They said that customers with burnt-out emachines are a large part of their repair business. My 1st 2 PCs were emachines. Both burned out. My Dad's 1st 2 PCs were emachines. They both burned out. 67.150.1.197

As a store technician for a international retail store chain, I must agree with others here that eMachines are not reliable. The most common problems with eMachines brought to me are bad capacitors on the motherboard and/or the power supply. These issues are so common that this is the first thing I look for in unbootable or unstable eMachine computers. A few other brands have trouble with this, but not on the scale that eMachines does. As if to prove me wrong though, I have a new eMachine a few feet from me with a bad RAM slot, but no bad capacitors. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.40.50.1 (talk • contribs) 11:40, 7 June 2007

[edit] Talk page usage

Please can we remember that Wikipedia Talk pages are meant specifically for discussing the article, not as a general discussion board relating to its subject? "It's important to use Wikipedia to inform people about the motherboard and power supply burn-out problems" - no, it isn't; that's like saying it's important to scrawl margin notes in the CIA World Factbook saying that you got food poisoning on holiday in Italy.

There's nothing wrong with mentioning well-referenced third-party criticism in the article itself, though at the moment the "Controversies" section has a single link to a discussion forum, which is nowhere near "well-referenced". But as editors, our personal views and experiences with eMachines kit are not suitable either for the article or this Talk page. 86.132.138.205 16:56, 8 October 2007 (UTC)