You know I hear people talk shit about Emachines all the time because of what they have heard about them, I have owned one for 4 years that is still working fine on all the stock equipment except vid card.
Reformat and install XP or XP Pro and an Emachine will be the biggest bang for the buck hands down IMO.
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