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Not everyone can afford the latest iGoldBar, nor do they want it.]]>Jan 30th 2008 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/
it's what a normal person should be looking for.]]>Jan 30th 2008 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/Jan 30th 2008 11:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/Jan 30th 2008 3:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/Jan 30th 2008 7:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/
PC making is for the most part, just a matter of turning out reliable machines that get the job done. This machine will likely be in labs, offices, homes, and schools where people are getting work done, not playing games or trying to make a fashion statement.]]>Jan 30th 2008 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/
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I paid about $200 for everything through NewEgg (X2 4000+ barebones, 2 GB RAM) and used an existing hard drive to build it, so these eMachines are still more expensive even with the hard drive. But the T3642 would make an great gaming rig as long as a separate video card is used.

I agree completely that those who bash this PC are doing so through an air of smug superiority that is quite distasteful and undeserved. Just because it might not be a show-off system like Alienware or the Dell XPS line doesn't mean that it will serve no purpose to anyone. Frankly, I would much rather save hundreds by not buying unnecessary flash and glitz and then laugh at those who gloat about paying x thousands when I built my own comparable system for 1/2 the cost. Add a good video card to either of these units, and you'll have a more-than-acceptable gaming rig.]]>Jan 30th 2008 11:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/
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Just because the price is not outrageous does not mean its not a good machine. Nor does an outrageous price mean a machine will be good.

My 2cents]]>Jan 30th 2008 11:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/
OH wait a min...yeah thats right I forgot.

How about you realize that not everyone wants, needs, or can even afford CUTTING EDGE PC's that provide a bunch of frills and useless accessories that only a small niche market will use.]]>Jan 30th 2008 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/Jan 30th 2008 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/Jan 30th 2008 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/Jan 30th 2008 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/Jan 30th 2008 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/Jan 30th 2008 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/Jan 30th 2008 11:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/Jan 30th 2008 1:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/Jan 30th 2008 11:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/Jan 30th 2008 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/Jan 30th 2008 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/Jan 30th 2008 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/Seriously, nothing wrong with decent low end machines if all you need to do is email and browse the internet (as long as it doesn't fall apart in a month or two). They're right, no need for the latest iGoldBar Mac.]]>Jan 30th 2008 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/Jan 30th 2008 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/Jan 30th 2008 11:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/Jan 30th 2008 11:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/Jan 30th 2008 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/Jan 30th 2008 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/Jan 30th 2008 1:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/Jan 30th 2008 1:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/Jan 31st 2008 6:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/Jan 31st 2008 10:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/




You'd be wrong. If none of them worked ran software properly it was a software problem. Emachines doesn't write software. They build computers and they build them with the same basic hardware manufactured by the same companies that make components for every other computer company. As long as this person you know doesn't know how to maintain a Windows based PC. This is why I don't believe for a minute that you run such a business. If you did then you'd know that these problems this "person you know" has are, in the end, a result of stupidity on their part and not because he was using an emachine.]]>Feb 1st 2008 4:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/Feb 12th 2008 4:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/Mar 17th 2008 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/30/emachines-new-t5246-and-t3642-desktops-make-you-go-eh/
NVIDIA GeForce 6100 nForce 405. What card would be an upgrade for me? What card would max this macine out without upgrading the power supply etc... I may need to go to EMachines' site to see my upgrade options.

One more ?... Anyone recomend a high end gaming machine? PC or PS2?

Thanks.]]>Apr 24th 2008 1:12AM