AMUG Talk:Cheap computer at Frys

Chris Gehlker wrote:
> I can't tell if you are being ironic. eMachines do have a reputation for
> being unreliable and unexpandable and not supporting many distributions
> do to things like winmodem issues.

I have an e-Machines that was terribly flaky for a while, but after
about a year of tinkering it settled down to where it behaved
in a stable manner each time I booted it: i.e., it's dead.

This box gave my daughter in law a terminally bad experience with Linux
... They are now very happy with their Windows ME computer. Is that
sick, or what?!

That was three years ago. The no-name 17" monitor that came
with that e-Machines box is still serving me very well.

Vic