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is the new emachines laptop built by sager?

post #1 of 14
9/14/03 at 3:22am
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I was looking it over and noticed that it uses the same fn ctrl setup that the sagers use, its a amd but actually runs pretty cool
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post #2 of 14
9/14/03 at 3:32am
No, sager doesn't even build their own laptops, clevo does.


It wouldn't suprise me if the new eMachines was built by clevo. . .
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post #3 of 14
9/14/03 at 9:16am
it would surprise me.
emachines are notorious for being steaming piles of...well... lets just leave it at steaming piles.
-Emyrs
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post #4 of 14
9/14/03 at 9:43am
who ever buys a emachine laptop or desktop needs to get thier head examined by a really good Surgeon .... and i mean REALLY GOOD
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post #5 of 14
9/14/03 at 11:02am
I once had to work on someones Emachines desktop and the funny thing was they had all the bios settings passworded so you couldnt reformat, then the back of the case where it comes apart had a lock on it lol, you know like the ones the utility company and phone company use to keep you out of their utility boxes. Pile of junk it was.
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post #6 of 14
9/18/03 at 6:46pm
They're manufactured by Arima (www.arima.com.tw, I think).

One of my friends just bought one a few weeks ago. It's shockingly nice for the price... but I'll admit it felt a bit slower than I really think it should have... On the other hand, she's running with the factory-configured Windows XP Home... I personally would have anihilated it and replaced it with XP Pro sans preinstalled JunkWare ;-)
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post #7 of 14
9/18/03 at 7:28pm

Re: is the new emachines laptop built by sager?

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Originally posted by Microsoft
I was looking it over and noticed that it uses the same fn ctrl setup that the sagers use, its a amd but actually runs pretty cool

Probaly not.. alot of laptops uses keyboards by chicony so that is probaly reason for similar key config..
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post #8 of 14
9/18/03 at 7:34pm
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its a nice laptop and its her first and im the sucker whos going to get called when she needs help
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post #9 of 14
1/25/04 at 12:41am

Bloatware

XP Home, XP PRo, 2k3 server all junk. Not even looking at orevious versions. Open a book, get a real Os.
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Clevo 5660D 3.06 512 40 gig
Radeon M9 agp4 64 meg
Debian testing/unstable 2.6.2-rc1
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post #10 of 14
1/25/04 at 12:50am
I've got an eMachines desktop here -- 1.8GHz Celeron, and cost me about $400 new.

Except for the fact that it's a PCI-only machine (no AGP to upgrade the P.O.S. onboard Intel graphics), it actually a pretty decent little box. My other half uses it for web surfing and office-type stuff, and it works great for that.

It ain't much of a gaming box, but it's really a good general-purpose PC. For the price, I doubt I could've done much better.
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post #11 of 14
1/25/04 at 9:16am
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its a nice laptop and its her first and im the sucker whos going to get called when she needs help
*pencils in Microsoft as the resident eMachines tech expert...*
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post #12 of 14
1/25/04 at 1:00pm
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Originally Posted by TrickM
I've got an eMachines desktop here -- 1.8GHz Celeron, and cost me about $400 new.

Except for the fact that it's a PCI-only machine (no AGP to upgrade the P.O.S. onboard Intel graphics), it actually a pretty decent little box. My other half uses it for web surfing and office-type stuff, and it works great for that.

It ain't much of a gaming box, but it's really a good general-purpose PC. For the price, I doubt I could've done much better.

Couldn't you get a PCI graphics card? I have one sitting right next to me, an old Geforce2mx400, I know there are better out there, I just went to CompUSA, and they have some good ones that have PCI slots.
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post #13 of 14
1/25/04 at 1:50pm
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Couldn't you get a PCI graphics card?
Yeah, I could... but I decided I'd rather just buy me a new Sager.
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post #14 of 14
1/25/04 at 6:42pm
meh. I bought my little brother an emachines desktop like two christmases ago. It started as an amd 1600+, 40 gb hdd, integrated graphics and 128 ram. Over the past two years though, I've helped him upgrade it a bit. Right now, it's a 2400+, ti4200 128mb, 768 ram, and a 40gb and 80 gb hdd. Overall, it's really not a terrible machine, and it runs exceptionally well for the punishment he's put it through.
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