Gateway computers’ eMachines Desktop PCs Review

eMachines, a leading PC Desktop brand, part of the Gateway family of technology products, has announced the release of three new desktop PCs.  These well-fitted, budget-friendly PCs are designed to offer features and power to families and students at low prices.  These eMachines come with LCD and flat-screen CRT display. The starting price is $319.99.  The widescreen LCDs start at $179.99 and the flat-screen CRTs at just $99.99.  They are available in the market at the end of June.  These new PCs provide great connectivity, performance, and digital media that allows research, writing papers, and studies an enjoyable experience.

These desktop PCs come in three models,  the  eMachines T5230,  eMachines T5062, and  eMachines T3616.  All these three PCs come with Nvidia GeForce 6150De integrated graphics and an 128 MB video RAM, which means they use the main memory and not the dedicated RAM for display.  You are given 10 game demos and Wild Tangent game to play online for one hour.  They support both 5.1 and 7.1 surround sound.  Each PC contains six USB ports.

The new eMachines PCs are sold with ready to use software and tools like Microsoft Internet Explorer, Adobe Reader, Google Desktop Search, and Google Toolbar.  In addition, the systems come with eMachines Connect, which helps customers connect to the broadband service available in that area.
The top of the line desktop is eMachines T5230.  The main features of this PC are the AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ processor and 1 MB of L2 cache, memory of 1 GB- upgradable to 2 GB, a 250 GB hard drive, a 15-in-1 media reader, a dual layer DVD+/-R/RW drive for burning, and Windows Vista Home Premium.  There is a mail in discount of $50 and the final price of the PC is $449.99. 

Next in line is the eMachines T5062.  Although, it is almost the same as the T5230, it uses a 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon 64 3800+ processor with a memory of 512 MB, and a 160 GB hard drive.  After the mail in discount, the price is $399.99.

The third in the list of new eMachines PCs is the T3616.  This offers a 2 GHz AMD Sempron 3600+ processor and a memory of 512 MB (upgradable to 2 GB), a hard drive of 120 GB, and Windows Vista Home Basic.  It does not have the media card reader.  After the discount, the price is $349.99.

The eMachines PCs have pre-installed eMachines Internet Security Bundle, which helps in data protection.  Along with this comes McAfee Internet Security Suite with a 90 day free trial, a tool called BigFix, which sends messages about latest updates that enhance the performance of the PC, all this with the customer’s permission.

The company has a great online support center that gives easy access to customer support representatives and gives information on several issues like warranties, upgrading, and anything technical. The eMachines line of PCs have an industry standard one-year warranty.

If you are a student on a budget or a family that wants value for money, these PCs are for you.  You will not find another PC with such great features at such great rates.