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From: mike on 29 May 2010 07:29 Michael A. Terrell wrote: > mike wrote: > > > > D Yuniskis wrote: > > > > > > > > eMachines are... well, we won't go there! :-/ > > > > I 'spose that may be why the E-machine 'puters at the scrapyard are > > usually still intact. > > > With all the HP computers that were built with the same motherboards > and power supplies? HP's used Bestec too? damn, that's too bad. Back in the eighties when I worked on medical gear it seemed that HP's equipment was some of the most robust (but of course, usually more expensive, too). > Thanks, Mike
From: Allodoxaphobia on 29 May 2010 08:20 On Sat, 29 May 2010 04:29:35 -0700 (PDT), mike wrote: > Michael A. Terrell wrote: >> mike wrote: >> > D Yuniskis wrote: >> > > >> > > eMachines are... well, we won't go there! :-/ >> > >> > I 'spose that may be why the E-machine 'puters at the scrapyard are >> > usually still intact. >> >> With all the HP computers that were built with the same motherboards >> and power supplies? > > HP's used Bestec too? damn, that's too bad. Back in the eighties when > I worked on medical gear it seemed that HP's equipment was some of the > most robust (but of course, usually more expensive, too). That was what is now Agilent. <www.agilent.com> They still adhere to the _original_ HP principles. Jonesy
From: mike on 29 May 2010 08:53 Allodoxaphobia wrote: > > > > HP's used Bestec too? damn, that's too bad. Back in the eighties when > > I worked on medical gear it seemed that HP's equipment was some of the > > most robust (but of course, usually more expensive, too). > > That was what is now Agilent. <www.agilent.com> > They still adhere to the _original_ HP principles. > > Jonesy Very interesting, thanks! Mike
From: ʍoןd ʇɐǝɯ on 29 May 2010 09:16 On Sat, 29 May 2010 03:18:18 -0700, mike ǝʇoɹʍ: > D Yuniskis wrote: > > >> eMachines are... well, we won't go there! :-/ > > I 'spose that may be why the E-machine 'puters at the scrapyard are > usually still intact. I own a 2005 eMachine, 2.0 ghz AMD Athalon64. It's now a Windows 7 machine and does its job flawlessly. Just like any other brand you need to know what you are buying within the brand name. Being semi-retired from the IT world now since 2008 I've seen plenty of junk out there with Compac, HP, Sony, Toshiba badges on them. One thing you need to understand is not many if any make 100% of their own components. So you should not make global statements condemning the badge name without this knowledge.
From: ʍoןd ʇɐǝɯ on 29 May 2010 09:22
On Fri, 28 May 2010 19:04:22 -0700, Jeff Liebermann ǝʇoɹʍ: > e-Machines are not the best quality. The power supplies and fans are > the first to go. CDROM and floppy are next. After that, the > motherboard. Geez you've just described about every computer out there. 2005 emachines T6216 Original power supply, Check! Original mainboard, Check! Original fans, Check! LiteOn DVDRW failed year number 2. So did it's LiteOn replacement last year. Now have 16x16 Pioneer DVRW I bought in 2004. Still works well. Moral of story, if you buy cheap stuff it will fail. Too bad that's pretty much what you will find OEM-wise in this throw-away world. |