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Why buy a Gateway/Emachines laptop?

post #1 of 10
12/27/04 at 7:41pm
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I haven't heard a whole lot about Gateway/Emachines laptops. Are they good? How do they compare to other brands like Toshiba, Dell, etc.?

Also: Did Emachines buy Gateway? Why don't they go buy one name?

Thanks alot
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post #2 of 10
12/27/04 at 7:46pm
http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/artic...14,pg,5,00.asp

eMachines notebooks seem to be as good as any other notebooks. I see lots of happy owners here.

I believe Gateway bought eMachines. Who knows why they aren't going by the same name. It could be a marketing strategy or it could just be a matter of time. It's been over a year since Cingular purchased AT&T wireless and they are just now starting to change AT&T users/stores over to Cingular. Things don't always happen instantaneously.
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post #3 of 10
12/27/04 at 7:50pm
Much like HP hasn't changed the name of Compaq, Gateway recognizes that e-Machine is often recognized as a low-end PC and therefore, they can maintain a presence in the low-end PC market.

The major benefit of this merger/buy out is that the new e-Machine laptops have some serious power at a low price. I've sold at least 3 other people on the e-Machine m68xx line for it's great performance at a low price.

BTW, They are also very durable and can take ALOT of abuse.
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post #4 of 10
12/27/04 at 9:34pm
is there any place where i can find new models of the m68xx line? ive checked the 3 best buys near me and all i found was the m6811 which cost more than the 7405. it seems that tigerdirect is the only place online that sells them.
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post #5 of 10
12/27/04 at 11:02pm
I think you are lucky to have even found the m6811. I don't see any m68xx around at all anymore.

TigerDirects are Refurbs. Refurbs are fine by me, but eM won't warranty them so you may want to buy TDs.
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post #6 of 10
12/28/04 at 12:44am
DO NOT BUY from tiger direct. There stuff is junk. Every laptop they sell has dead pixels for sure. I have purchased motherboards, CPU's, RAM and all have had some kind of problem.
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post #7 of 10
12/28/04 at 1:13am
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Originally Posted by Compman55
DO NOT BUY from tiger direct. There stuff is junk. Every laptop they sell has dead pixels for sure. I have purchased motherboards, CPU's, RAM and all have had some kind of problem.

I'm not a big TD fan either, but I have gotten things from them that are fine too. I built a desktop about 1.5 years ago with all components from TD and I still have it running 24/7. TD is owned by Microsoft though and since I found that out, I rarily buy there.
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post #8 of 10
12/28/04 at 5:06pm
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Originally Posted by Tech_Girl
I haven't heard a whole lot about Gateway/Emachines laptops. Are they good? How do they compare to other brands like Toshiba, Dell, etc.?

Also: Did Emachines buy Gateway? Why don't they go buy one name?

Thanks alot
The Athlon 64 laptops are, basically, economical muscle machines/desktop replacements masquerading as mainstream machines. I don't know if you can still get the huge rebates on them, but I got an eMachines M6811 (Athlon 64 3400+, 512 ram, dvd writer, Radeon 9600 w/ 64 MB ram, 80 gig hard disk, 15.4" 1280x800 display, onboard 802.11g/modem/ethernet) for $1500 with $250 in rebate checks.

I'm happy with mine. It runs any game that I throw at it, and the processor is fast enough that very few tasks are processor-limited. The only performance complaint I have is the slow hard drive, but that's easily swapped out. It's not a small machine: it's about eight pounds and a little over an inch and a half thick, but I don't care about that: it was cheap-ish, and it's blazing fast.

The battery life is decent enough: two and a half hours seems about average. The big screen draws a lot of power.
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post #9 of 10
12/29/04 at 6:23pm
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Thanks for the info. Would an Athlon 64 be similar to a Pentium 4?
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post #10 of 10
12/29/04 at 6:38pm
For the overwhelming majority of situations, an Athlon 64 leaves a P4 in the dust. There are more powerfull, more efficient and a good bit cooler running.
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