the problem with emachines, however, last i heard, is they are not upgradeable. that to me would not be a good thing.
kelly--the best deals are usually going to be Frankenputers, as opposed to name brand whatevers. usually. at microcenter i found a compaq for a really good price, although i wound up having to upgrade the memory because 128mb just doesn't cut it for a two-and-a-half gigahertz processor. but overall i was very pleased--it came in at well under a thousand, including a monitor. i think it might have been refurbished, i'm not sure, but it looks new to me.
micro center sometimes has great deals. local non-chain computer stores sometimes have great deals. another option, if you're willing to do mail or online order, is to get a copy of computer shopper magazine. it's really thick, will make you think of a sears & roebuck catalog, and it's got all kinds of parts and systems listed.
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Date: 2004-07-13 10:42 am (UTC)kelly--the best deals are usually going to be Frankenputers, as opposed to name brand whatevers. usually. at microcenter i found a compaq for a really good price, although i wound up having to upgrade the memory because 128mb just doesn't cut it for a two-and-a-half gigahertz processor. but overall i was very pleased--it came in at well under a thousand, including a monitor. i think it might have been refurbished, i'm not sure, but it looks new to me.
micro center sometimes has great deals. local non-chain computer stores sometimes have great deals. another option, if you're willing to do mail or online order, is to get a copy of computer shopper magazine. it's really thick, will make you think of a sears & roebuck catalog, and it's got all kinds of parts and systems listed.