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Old 11-30-2009, 09:43 PM   #11
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For what it's worth my friend had an emachine comp a while back and said it just caused him a lot of trouble. The specifics are long gone.
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Old 11-30-2009, 09:53 PM   #12
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Asus and someone else are rated the top two. I'll try to find the link.
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Old 11-30-2009, 09:58 PM   #13
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I'd rather have the Atom 1.6Ghz (that has hyperthreading) than a celeron 900 cpu.
Yea, I was going to suggest a netbook for each of them. They can be had for about $2-300 all over the place.

http://www.dell.com/us/en/home/mini_...ls&s=dhs&cs=19

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...0%20-%20%24300

This $269 Samsung comes with Windows 7 and can be expanded to 2G of memory but you won't need it...

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Samsung+...&skuId=9569816

Or here's the ASUS for $249

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Asus+-+E...&skuId=9556811
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Old 11-30-2009, 10:02 PM   #14
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as previously stated E machines=Kia of computers
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Old 11-30-2009, 10:19 PM   #15
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I wish these came out when I was in high school. I would have used it every day. There was one kid that used a Palm and a fold out keyboard.

My typing looks a whole lot better than my writing. LOL


I have the Gateway LT2005u from Best buy ($230). I got the 500gb external harddrive from Targets black friday and will be sticking that bad boy in her eventually. I'll also be upgrading the ram to 2gb cause I like to watch a lot of movies on it and adding the Broadcom HD decoder. LOL Good times.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Gateway+...=1218130491532


I also have the Acer Aspire One AOD250 that Target had for sale for $200 for their pre-thanksgiving sales. Deciding if I'm gonna keep it or not. Most of these netbooks are all the same.

FYI. If you decide on netbooks and money is fine. Get 6-cell batteries. Mine advertises for "up to" 7 hours 27 minutes. Hahaha. Ya right. Hack of two hours and you get real world usage.

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Old 11-30-2009, 11:27 PM   #16
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as previously stated E machines=Kia of computers
Best post in the thread.
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Old 12-01-2009, 09:04 AM   #17
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I ended up going with a Compaq Presario CQ61. I only got 1 and they can share. Normally $549, on sale for $399.

http://www.staples.com/Compaq-Presar...C3:CG71:DP4118
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Old 12-01-2009, 09:08 AM   #18
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I ended up going with a Compaq Presario CQ61. I only got 1 and they can share. Normally $549, on sale for $399.

http://www.staples.com/Compaq-Presar...C3:CG71:DP4118
Cool - that should do the trick.
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Old 12-01-2009, 09:38 AM   #19
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eMD525-2925, what kind of shitty model name is that? Marketing FAIL.
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Old 12-01-2009, 09:41 AM   #20
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eMD525-2925, what kind of shitty model name is that? Marketing FAIL.
Brand fail apparently according to the feedback in this thread. How do they even stay in business? Somebody has to be buying that shit.
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