LGR Tech Tales - eMachines: Never Obsolete?
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I have now covered the infamous *eMachines eOne* that Apple sued them over in 1999!
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just watched that video before I came here.
I still have an eMachine I purchased in 2002. Aside from burning through modems once or twice a year (Mom was a heavy AOL dialup user) and the CD-RW drive failing once, the machine still works incredibly well. It's an entry-level Athlon XP and my mother would still be using it if Microsoft hadn't discontinued support of Win XP. We even still have (and use daily) the bundled 15" eMachines LCD monitor, with one lonely cyan pixel stuck on, which has otherwise been 100% problem-free. We never experienced the power supply issues many other users had, so I guess we were lucky.
LGR 42 seconds in and that image of those computer carcasses is almost getting me cancer I may have to sue you
Not that any of those computers under any circumstances are ever going to see the light of Day in that condition
LGR I love your channel this was so interesting
eMachines is the reason my broke-ass family could afford a computer in the early 2000s. I loved that piece of crap.
@Nigel Cam but! Their broke-ass and WITH a computer 🙂😉👍
@Nigel Cam the assembly factory worker are still broke ass too you know can't sustain whole family with that job it's now dying type of job on overseas now also because of.. Mechanical arm they really wanted to maximize profit even more now so what gives?
@Nigel Caminteresting wasn't born on that era now that you mentioned it made sense to a story about my great² grand he used to work in rubber factory in the end at the age of 30s he able to buy vespa which a very prestigious belongings in my country at time similar to owning a Porsche
i would like to add fun fact before 2000 there are no credit system in my country despite having great economy from 45-89
first pc i bought was a emachines
Same here. Went through like 3 of these POS, but eMachines was how I finally got connected to the internet.
"never obsolete" is at least true for their keyboards. i used my emachines keyboard for well over 10 years. it finally broke recently but only due to a catastrophic coffee spill.
Still using mine right now! Must've been 15 years by now. Going strong.
Such is the way
19 years for this one so far.
I had a similar experience. My favorite IBM mechanical keyboard, setup just perfect how I like it. One slip, and down the hole we fall. I was able to clean the keyboard but it was never the same. What made the whole thing that much sadder - it was a really good cup of coffee.
Rest in peace 🫡
My friend actually has an eMachine.
*It's running Windows XP and it's his main computer, pray for him*
My main office PC right now is a Dell, 'upgraded' with an Athlon x2 64 5600+ 2.9ghz, 4gb RAM and a Radeon HD 7470 running WinXP 64 bit, please pray for me too.
I have a ibm Thinkcentre 8187 3 gig pentium 4 and 4 gifs of ram DONT pray for me I love it
Davit Sensei I’ll definitely pray for you for having to use that brand
Same story here wtf, only difference is that it's a laptop and runs win 7
@@RazgulTheKind you can upgrade to windows 7 or 10 (latter one needs some tweaking for bloat removal). Your PC is capable enough.
I don't think I will criticize the E machines computer too much. I bought one around the year 2001 from Best Buy. I got a 3 year subscription to MSN dial up to make it cost less. The dial up was pure hell. The computer with it's 4gb hardrive was okay. it never gave me any problems that I remember. Somewhere around 2012 I got a notice in the mail that a Class action lawsuit was filed against E machines computers because the shoddy construction caused loss of Data. I was part of the Class, all I had to do was send in a copy of my drivers license and original reciept and I would get a voucher for a new $500 computer with monitor. So I sent in a copy of my drivers license and Yes, I still had my original purchase reciept too !! I got back 2 vouchers instead of one. So I got a brand new Gateway windows 8 pc and big flatscreen monitor, and a great windows 8 laptop - together worth about 1000 dollars. FREE!! I've put windows 10 on both and still use them to this day.
Nice! Lawsuits are great 🤣
Noooice
neat tale. I got $3.50 from a Bank of America law suit. I never cashed it due to chashing it would mean i could not sue them myself.
Man, that takes that marketing push of "Never Obsolete" to the next level - You wound up getting two modern systems over an old ass machine from 2001.
Winning!
I absolutely love Tech Tales.
Other than oddware this is definitely my favorite LGR show.
+LittleNorwegians Yes, it is oddly charming, isn't it?
+Le Leedler totally agree!!!
+LittleNorwegians It makes me feel so calm watching these
+LittleNorwegians Absolutely. I'm a Tech so I enjoy hearing about things before my time.
LGR Techtales and Oddware are my crack and you're the only dealer in town.
+Evansmustard He's the only dealer in the whole CZcams district!
+Evansmustard very much agreed, these are maybe my favorite content on all of youtube. I also highly recommend checking out the Gaming Historian channel to anyone who likes Oddware and Techtales.
+Evansmustard Slow the episodes down and distil the lazyness out of them then snort it all out in a long session of video watching binge.
+JukaDominator By trademarking the word "Techtales" and "Oddware"? oops :X
+Evansmustard Hell yeah man! Oddware is sick!!!! I love this stuff!
I remember being like 7 years old when the monitor that came with our emachines sparked and shut off and I ran out of the house thinking it was gonna blow up lmao
My family was broke and couldn’t afford a computer. when e-machines came out I was a teen working in fast food so I bought one for few hundred bucks and I LOVED that thing! Right along with A.O. Hell…I spent so many hours on the web and being a troll in chat rooms..very fond memories
SO THAT'S WHY THE E IN THE ACER LOGO LOOKS DIFFERENT FROM THE REST OF THE LOGO
they changed that "e" in 2011 to match the rest of the logo.
audioflection yes changed in 2011
Loads of win server 08 r2 computers are acers with the logo
There is one thought that is gloss instead of matte and has the new logo from 2011
My aspire ES laptop has the 2011 logo aswell
My acer chromebook 14 laptop has the 2011 logo as well.
i also noticed that since i have an acer laptop i use everyday for lowend gaming
i also have an acer laptop, but i try optimizing it as much as i can
I'm actually watching this video on an eMachines computer.
+TheUACveteran How old is it? lol
+TheUACveteran I'm so sorry
+ACTUALMIKU It's around 5 years old and it's actually a very good computer :)
***** That's almost what I did :) it has an i5 cpu, 6gb's of ram and recently I added a gtx950 graphics card, now it does a pretty good job even on recent games
eMachines was acquired by Acer... I bought my sister an eMachines-branded Acer laptop and she still uses it.
I still have an eMachines laptop. It never let me down, still runs fine (even on W10!) and it only had its battery replaced. It may not be the fastest laptop, but for watching movies, going on the Internet and listening to music it still does the job.
Roadster wow, that's actually pretty amazing
I watched this video on a 19" eMachines monitor. It's a great monitor. It's hooked to my brand new computer. Great informative videos you have.
Is it a CRT? I have a 19" eMachines CRT and it is dead.
@@signbear999 Mine was LCD
@@WayneEarls Ok
Great episode dude, I really enjoyed this
Thanks, Jason!
+MetalJesusRocks i second this... couldn't have said it better myself
My still using his emachine. It's over 12 years old. His is built like a champ. We only upgraded the ram once.
Eric Hecker My laptop is eMachines too. Although it's only few years old now
I turned mine into a home server. lol
My small business ran on one of these for about 10 years. It has been repurposed now as a security camera DVR and general internet access.
my emachine laptop is also still working
Eric Hecker same I have an E machines from 2002 and I upgrade it by installing a DVD drive
I remember when my dad brought an e machine home as a kid I was thinking damn we must be rich lol
I thought I was rich when I got a Polaroid tablet from 2012
“2 TVs? You must be rich!”
Nobody has two television sets. ~ Elaine's mother from Back to the Future.
Lmao I remember my dad getting one back in 2003 and hating it. He wound up gutting it and putting new parts in it
@@adamburditt3941 brain swap
When I built my current computer I used my old emachines tower. I7 and 980 vcard wrapped in a 10+ year old case.
Wango Dango sleeper af
Cap. There is no way a 1080 would fit
@@Whiteyy191 i7 and *980* vcard
The first computer that was solely mine, not a shared computer, was an emachines. RIP emachines, you have a special place in my heart. ❤
Lol same here
Same here. First PC I ever bought with my own money. Drove two hours in terrible weather the day after Christmas to pick it up.
+temporaryscars Ah the nostalgia 😁
+PCGamesGirl Mine was a used Dell Optiplex running a Pentium 3 and a Nvidia FX 5500 along with 256mbs of ram running windows xp. Got it used for $80 from a local resale shop. I added the FX 5500 becuase of Fate personally. Fate was created by the makers of Diablo after they left Blizzard.
+Montisaquadeis Very nice :D I have a Dell laptop nowadays, as well as my gaming PC.
Jeezuz eMachines are so nostalgic, half my family used it. Hell I still have a functioning windows xp eMachines working perfectly. I love your channel.
I threw mine away, fuck that garbage
right, for the price those things were tanks! I never had a problems with emachienes. I wish they survived technological renaissance, I think they could be giving HP, Asus, and the other technological giants a run for their money!
I have an eMachine running windows 10 😂
@@nogingerretardsA Actually that doesn't surprise me at all. If you have a decent gpu and at least 4 gigs of RAM you can run windows 10 on a eMachine that was designed for XP.
Patric B same
Oh man oh man, I remember Emachines! We had one for the longest time when I was growing up, they're like, the origin of my computer obsession.
I was volunteering at free geek (a computer recycling place near me) about a year ago and I ended up deconstructing one of these. I almost fell to the ground laughing when I saw the specs right next to the "Never Obsolete" sticker! I knew it was probably some upgrade thing, but it was still funny nonetheless.
love that place
I normally wouldn't watch anything like LGR's content if it wasn't for LGR's captivating storytelling and brilliantly edited videos. Keep it up!
eMachines made GREAT computers at low cost and brought the digital age to many who couldn't afford it before... Thank you eMachines! :-)
For fun, buy an old eMachines with a good clean case, and update all the contents to the newest 12 Core RTX 2080 Ti Gamer system.
Good Idea.
Sleepers rule
Seriously my late grandmother's computing experience was Emachines and Windows ME/2000
Lukus Cannon at least she got online. I only had one grandparent live into the mainstream internet age, and never managed to get him online. I did get him a digital picture frame for his 92nd birthday that I kept family pictures updated on and he loved that.
@@danieldaniels7571 That's sweet, my other late grandma made it to Facebook and touchscreen laptops. Since she was home-bound for several years, but said the ability to connect with people virtually kept her sane
I’m currently in the process of building a custom win98 pc with “high end” parts compatible with win98 due to inspiration from watching your build! Though I plan on using an emachines computer tower as the outside case cause that was the computer I had as a kid 😁
What is wrong with me? Why do I find this so interesting? I never even had an eMachine! LGR makes things interesting that should not be interesting. I would watch a 3 hour documentary on any outdated technology, as long as it's done by LGR :)
+R. F. R.
Same here, we should send him a ticket for the "Deutsches Museum" in Munich, Germany, to talk 3 hours about the Zuse Z3 that is on display there. :D
Speaking of Zuse...
LGR, if you read this, fancy a TechTale on Konrad Zuse and the Zuse KG?
+R. F. R. fuck yeah.
Bastet Furry How did I not know about that? I think I'll check that out this weekend. It's not far from where I live...
That's because he does his job outstandingly. Many pro teachers might envy his diligence.
my first pc was an eMachine, it was fine as long at you replaced the shit psu before it blew up and murdered everything else. A lot of the retail computers of the time had this issue, still works fine to this day.
Mine never had a bad PSU. Still works to this day with everything that was inside it.
I also had to replace the PSU in mine. It went BANG as I turned it on.
I worked at a local Office supply Depot (that will go unnamed) at the height of the eMachines days, and these things would fly off the shelves, till they came back and the customer would come to me to get a replacement, I explained that for just a little more money, they could get a similar machine from HP, Dell, or Compaq that would be much better quality, or they could exchange for the exact same product and risk having to bring another back. One customer brought 5 machines back in a row before taking my advise, after him I started telling his story to customers who were considering buying an eMachines computer....
That said, I have a perfectly good working eMachines tower with a Celeron 600 Mhz and 32MB of RAM in my stash of old equipment :)
Kinda funny that you mentioned that. At my store, eMachines was known for its spotty quality. Either they were reliable or they weren't! There was no middle ground. However from the comments I see all over, they last a long time if they don't die within the first year. At my store, they sold like crazy. The first time my store got introduced to Windows XP, we tested the sample on an eMachines tower. Somewhere in my uncle's basement where he keeps 30+ years of crap that he stone-cold refuses to let go of, there is an eMachines computer buried in there. I wouldn't be surprised if it still works. From my experience, they were reliable considering how cheap they were.
Holy shit, I've got a T6000 series eMachine desktop. I got it from my great grandmother when she was downsizing.
Me: "I need a computer that can handle editing and video rendering."
Best Buy Employee: "There's no way you can do any of that on this eMachines system."
Best fucking computer I ever owned. I was able to install a capture card effortlessly and run several capture programs that allowed me to record video from my gaming consoles while playing them, all with zero lag. What a fantastic computer. I bought it in 2003 for $549 and it was able to do things my next computer, a $1700 beast from HP, couldn't... like open Windows Movie Maker.
Only problem I had was the power supply failed. Sadly, this was back before I knew enough to diagnose and fix the problem myself, so I ended up almost getting financially sodomized at a repair place. "Well, when the power supply went it fried the motherboard, DVD-ROM drive and processor, so it's going to be $600 to fix all of it. I bought a new system instead, but later on I came across an appropriate power supply for next to nothing, installed it and presto, everything worked fine... those lying motherfuckers. MRO Computers and Astronomy... never go there.
+Rein Engel Yeah some people are bad at diasnosing the problem properlyI know this isn't about a computer but with my 2ds walmart said the battery was a defect nut the problem just turned out to be a dirty battery compartment
I used to film my friends and me skateboarding using an old canon mini dv camcorder and used an Emachines computer of unknown model to do all the rendering. Had a cdrw drive, network card for broadband a 15” crt and all you need to watch porn in beautiful 640x480 res. At 15 years old, I was a made man.
Similar story for my eMachine.
Wish I could say I was that lucky. I was recently given one of these machines for just the price of "Pull off all the old photos, then erase the hard drive."
I'll give eMachines credit that they were using an actual standard PSU form factor, (SFX) but man I don't doubt that was the cause of most of their problems since even today when SFX is actually gaining popularity its impossible to find a cheap but good quality SFX PSU.
Sounds like the story of my life last year. My own power supply died, and it took everything with it, except for the 4GB DDR3 ram stick I had in it.
cant believe I didn't find this channel earlier. keep up the great work!
Thanks, will do my best!
Please do a Tech Tales episode on Packard Bell! They're not quite dead, but they've been silent for years now after they were purchased by Acer.
A Tech Tales episode on Compaq would be cool too.
Wait, don't these companies still exist? I swear I have seen them till this year, was I just having a fever dream?
Compaq was eaten by HP IIRC. Who do we have left? Acer, LenOwO, Apple, Dell, HP, Microsoft is making hardware for no good reason...
Acer is chinese... Acer buying everyone out
These are my favorite segments.
Very interesting, and relevant.
You're doing great bro.
this channel is great. it's like a recap of my teenage years
+cloudbloom Lucky you. Those years were the peak of just about everything. (Except Health)* I was close but i wasn't a teenager till the 2000's. This new generation is screwed.
Teh0nex
Facebook is the mother virus. Tech is going to enslave them because they are addicted to the grid and keep feeding it.
+The Watcher "This new generation is screwed"
-Said ever older generation ever
Sandra C
Said *every* older generation ever. Literacy has declined too.
+The Watcher Hey, look! A typo! Who are you to turn down such an easy opportunity to boost your ego?
I still have my eMachine 730 from 2001/early 2002 which works just fine. No caps have blown at all, and I believe I'm using the original PSU in it as well. :)
+jakeypearce that's what I looking for, but upgrading the PSU to something more modern, and power efficient so I can build a retro gaming PC complete with the 15in eMachines VGA LCD in my attic, and maybe throw in an old Voodoo card, or Nvidia card, and tri boot Win98se, WinXP, and something like TinyCore Linux.
+Commodorefan64 I think the PS is a standard MicroATX. I think this one is an IPEX, or some other brand. I'm certain it's not a Bestec (they're crap). What Voodoo card are you thinking of getting? The Nvidia card that was in it was a GeForce2 MX 400/440. I have it upgraded to a GeForce4 MX 420. They are both AGP.
jakeypearce looking for a voodoo Banshee with fan mods, as they run really hot, as it's the card I had back in the day, and bestec is pure shit for sure.
This is awesome, you do an amazing job of just keeping my attention and explaining so many key points.
I had an eMachines laptop for a couple of years that was fantastic. After getting a new one my brother had it for a while and he got good use out of it as well. A clumsy drop was what finally did it in.
This is easily one of my favorite series on LGR, every single episode is fascinating. Thanks for all of your hard work!
I gotta say, this is one of my favorite series on CZcams! Please don't stop making these anytime soon.
I bought an emachine for 500 from best buy Windows 7. I have no problems with it.
I love your channel, the videos are really relaxing and interesting to people who grew up with a lot of the tech you talk about.
Your Tech Tales videos are simply phenomenal. Hugely entertaining to watch, really nicely put together, well though out. Please keep them up, thank you.
Thanks, I'm glad you're enjoying!
You should do a Tech Tales on gateway. I'm from Sioux City, where Gateway got started, and am fascinated with them as a company. Unrelated for the most part, but I'm still using an early 64-bit Gateway desktop with a triple core ATI processor. Threw a 970 in the case, and it runs every modern game flawlessly. Payed $1000 for it when it was new in the early 2000s, and it still holds up in everything I do today.
I seem to remember having a Gateway 2000 store locally, in the late 90's, before they dropped the "2000" from the name. My folks would always drive by it and I would drool, but they never stopped at it. We did however have that same 600MHz eMachine you showed somewhere in the middle of the video.
My first system was the eMachines that you showed with the "Never Obsolete" sticker on it in the intro.
It caught fire after a PSU failure in the middle of a hardcore RCT2 Deluxe sesh.
My mother still has an Emachine, I've been trying to get her to upgrade for years now, but she won't budge xD.
LGR is the best. I love tech tales. you have come to far with your videos. I think you're becoming one of my favorite youtubers.
my first pc as a kid was our family emachines desktop, seeing one just like it in this vid is so nostalgic
I still have an eMachines from 2006 that shipped with Windows Vista Home Basic. I - of course - upgraded it to Windows 7 Ultimate, upgraded the RAM to 4GB, installed a WiFi Card and PCIe Graphics Card and it works great to this day.
I just found your channel a few weeks ago, but in just a short time you are easily one of my favorite youtubers.
Thank you, glad to hear it!
Oh man, I had an eMachine! It was my childhood. I was *heartbroken* when, one day, my computer blue screened for no reason. I didn't get another computer until YEARS later because I was a kid at the time. I don't remember having any problems with my eMachine or my family's eMachine, even though they were always kept on really..Lol. It holds a special place in my heart, but I didn't know now that it was under the eMachine brand, I just remember the "e" logo on the monitor and hardware itself.
Ah, I remember how it would glow whenever you would push it on~
The nostalgia.
same
And what if you were a kid? As long as you weren’t really young (say, less than 10 yo), you should have been able to look for the solution.
LOL my parents always keep their PC on too
New subscriber, loving this channel immensely. So much nostalgia for weird ass 90s computer stuff.
What a wonderful video! Please produce more of these!
It's interesting to see eMachines logic being applied to Chinese Android OEM's lately.
Like the Dollar Store TCL prepaid smartphones that say "Price: $9.99 *With purchase of $40 airtime credit"?
-You know, upgrading an older PC to have some new 8-16 GB of RAM is surprisingly effective at reviving an office PC. Just a fun little thought for those with slower and older systems.-
Edit: SSD. Get a SSD.
Dagoth Ur just remove windows 10, way faster !!!
Assuming it's 64 bit and that you can find that much older RAM.
Each generation of RAM manufacturing process is cheaper than the last, so old RAM (DDR2, DDR3) are about the same price as modern DDR4, despite lacking a lot of features.
And besides, that can still be $50+ dollars, at which point you might as well swap to the latest supported processor for that socket. At which point you may as well replace the motherboard.
In fact, you can buy a board/processor combo (enough to run the web and Windows 10 apps) for $50, and throw in those two sticks of RAM you just bought and reuse your old PC case, keyboard, monitor, hard disks.
Or, you know, you spend more time on your computer than you do in your car or on your couch, and your car and couch each costs a few thousand dollars, so why not your computer? - Master Race
No kidding. I upgraded my eMachines's RAM from 2x1 GB to 2x2 GB of DDR2 in 2013, and it cost me $60. Not really worth it.
If it's an OptiPlex or a thinkcentre with four RAM slots, maybe. I once had to work on an HP desktop that only had two slots which wouldn't take any RAM beyond 2GB (a one piece 4GB stick didn't work).
We even had to ebay the RAM chips because 2GB variants with the compatible speed were "obsolete".
An SSD would work way better. I gamed until recently with 6 GB RAM and I ran Painkiller HD and FoldingHome at once. This is a myth, RAM is not as important anymore as it was.
I still remember when back in the day where Emachine brand sell a laptop with Dual Core T4200 cheaply almost 25% off the ACER Turion X2 Rm-74 counterpart's price with similar spec of other components. Emachine lingers in my memory as the first offered laptop for me from my parrent (since the price) and the laptop that affordable for most of people back ib 2009 in surrounding.
Great video! Your uploads are always so informative and interesting I learn something new everytime! I never owned an emachine though knew several friends who liked them well enough to recommend them as a low cost first pc
this tech tales series is pretty sick man
"that corner of the globe" -Clint, 2017.
we had an e machines pc in 98 and I was happy with it at the time. I remember it coming bundled with expendable which was pretty fun
That was my first machine. Taught me alot of what to look for when building a computer. I then got someone to show me the way to building a real rig after this. I still remember my first "hardcore" game on my gaming rig was Dead Space. I couldn't stop staring at the mesh detailing on the main characters butt. It looks incredible a graphic level I'd never seen before.
My dad's second computer was an emachine from the late 2000's, mysteriously died on him in August.
Lol the keyboard was broken I fixed it with a wireless one
Still working?
Love it, my first PC I had to myself was an eMachines!
Glad to see this one. My first computer was an e machine. I don't recall which model, because so many looked the same - but I have some fond memories for it.
Another well put together and well written video. Thanks!
how do you get to know all this stuff? you do research or you end up hearing and reading stuff and investigating further? I really like to know this stuff but I never stumble on them.
It is my job to know :)
But yeah, just _lots_ of researching various technical subjects, it's my passion!
great work :) i might not always comment but im always watching in the dark :)
João Serra It's called the internet bro
/thread
you have to know what question to ask exactly. what exactly are you looking for? fun knowledge?
My mom bought one in 2000. It literally broke the first day we had it. Let's just say, eMachine + technologically inept parents = a real shitty time.
BaronOfAnarchy Your profile pic compliments your comment perfectly
I have a Emachines T-3085 that I bought new in 2003-2004. Still gets used to this day to play older games.
Was also the last pre-built I ever bought too. Now I build my own.
I remember the days Acer bought Gateway I worked for a big computer retailer, it was definitely a transition. Prior to the merger I had a few eMachines computers that weren't bad. One of the first computers that I had with a PCI Express slot was an Emachines. But once the merger happened we knew it was the end of the line for Gateway and eMachines...
you should totally do an episode on beos I remember people saying it was going to be a game changer and over take windows
It's 2019 and I'm watching this video on my emachines E725 Notebook (that one: 7:53 ). Simply because it still works, the T4300 is fast enough and it runs Windows 10. So yeah, my emachines E725 is not obsolete. At least not now.
my first pc was a mix of a mess of random oem parts found at a tech shop i used to work at. the monitor (and a couple other parts) were emachine branded, so seeing that logo really does give me alot of nostalgia
I dont think there is a single Tech Tales video i don't like. Amazing work!
Step 1: Stop sucking
Step 2: Be awesome
Words from a Prophet
Basically the secret to life in a nutshell.
lol
Being the known as "a computer guy" to friends and neighbors, I really came to loathe emachines. They were worse than packard bell in design, quality, and craftsmanship. Fortunately, their rise was late enough in my life that requesting my assistance as a free or even cheaper-than-commercial service that I didn't have to poke around more than a few.
*that requesting my help for cheap wasn't socially acceptable. (not sure what happened happened there. I blame Android keyboard.
You got me thinking with your comment. I've been in technology for over 30 years. My experience was that early on all but the most personal of people (immediate family & 1 neighbor) would attempt to pay me in one way shape or form. Often times OVERLY generous. Being nice and not understanding the way the world works I'd usually decline it, even in strangers cases. But every year this became less and less till we got to a point where I swear to God I'm expected to handle every complication not only for free but with no regard to my time or well being. And that's where it's remained for more than 15 years. Now on many occasions I haven't even been thanked. And in almost every case I'm dealing with a million bad decisions, unwillingness to spend money, or a lack of desire.
Yup, People seem to think I actually enjoy training, buying tools / equipment and working on dangerous, toxic , time consuming , and high liability - electronic / mechanical / programming / fabrication / design / tech issues that would make most brains bleed out, and people can't be bothered to even offer me a cold drink.
So now when I am approached, I'm very upfront and I tell people instantly that I charge x amount per hour and literally try to scare them off with exorbitant rates. I have met the best people and customers this way. Because good people are willing to pay for quality, hard work and high risk. I can't really afford to do this. but I can't afford not to.
I Always avoid people who say, "This is probably really easy for you and I'm sure it's something simple , but do you think you could take a look at. xyz for me?" Nope.
I don't think I will criticize the E machines computer too much. I bought one around the year 2001 from Best Buy. I got a 3 year subscription to MSN dial up to make it cost less. The dial up was pure hell. The computer with it's 4gb hardrive was okay. it never gave me any problems that I remember. Somewhere around 2012 I got a notice in the mail that a Class action lawsuit was filed against E machines computers because the shoddy construction caused loss of Data. I was part of the Class, all I had to do was send in a copy of my drivers license and original reciept and I would get a voucher for a new $500 computer with monitor. So I sent in a copy of my drivers license and Yes, I still had my original purchase reciept too !! I got back 2 vouchers instead of one. So I got a brand new Gateway windows 8 pc and big flatscreen monitor, and a great windows 8 laptop - together worth about 1000 dollars. FREE!! I've put windows 10 on both and still use them to this day.
View This 8:01 I have an eMachines just like that a 400i model made in 1998 running Windows 2000 it's been in service until 2006 since the age of most of its files don't go past 2006 and it's still kicking quite Zippy for an eMachines but that's due to the fact that in some point in its life probably around 2005 had a hard drive added to it to retire its Western Digital 136AA the new hard drive which is a Diamond max Slimline maxtor with 40 gigabytes has taken over as the main Drive increasing the computers response speed it's still not fast but better off the line then my Dell 4100 dimension
Dude! The very first picture in the video, of that eMachines computer is the first computer my family owned when I was a kid! I started feeling really nostalgic as soon as I saw that picture!
Ahh yes I remember like it was yesterday! My first PC all for myself (living at home they had a gateway I stole all the time) was an Emachine T5212 that never let me down!
Bad doesn't cover it, bro.... I, or should I say my family, got pulled into that whole get a PC for $50 if you sign up for internet you will already want scheme. So let me say, they named the model numbers (at that time) by the reported Mhz of the processor. Mine was the model 366 which supposedly had an "Intel 366 Mhz processor." After having a terrible gaming experience, even after cleaning off all the bloatware and adding my Voodoo 2. It was an unplayable crashing mess everytime I tried to play anything with some graphical oomph like Thief , I decided to try to track down the source of my gaming woes. After fiddling a bit I removed the heatsink to find.... a Cyrix 250 overclocked to about 290ish Mhz. It radiated so much heat it would make a P4 dual core owner jealous of my marshmallow roasting potential. All of my hate eMachine.... All of my hate...
I have a T5028 and it's still alive. And I'm watching this on it too.
Jesus, this video just sent memories flooding back. I don't recall my family's entire history with computers, but I distinctly remember us owning an eMachine back when I was very young
Yes a Emachines story video! I loved this. I remember the old emachines and my father still has his that runs windows xp. He beefed it up a little with different video graphic cards for video creation. But he loves it. And its the only version of windows that lets you have true freedom in video. It did crash long ago and was kind of obselete then, but were gonna have it cleaned up. Another great video man!
You should make a Snowfall review, i think you would like it :)
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Don't forget Project Snowblind ;)
I'm using a eMachine right now
HA! buddy you need to upgrade
Why? He probably upgrade the ram ‘n stuff.
@@benzjiman6931 so? That processor is weak as hell. All the ram in the world could not speed up this hunk of shit
I can see by your face now.
iF2ix wat
The Emachines etower 533i was my first computer growing up. I remember the days of playing hard truck 2 on it. I never remember having issues on it, but worked for my needs as a kid.
i owned a 667ir model, bought it at a BestBuy in Chicago.
i never had a problem with it, was a good purchase at the time.
thanks for this video, brought back awesome memories.
My first computer was an emachine with millennium edition lol
Nonexistanthuman My condolences.
I remember having one, the computer would lightly shock you if you touched the back while it was plugged in.
I vividly remember my folks having one of the towers at 5:44, I used to game on it all the time when school was closed for snow days, due to Michigan winters, this was back between 2004/05 and 2009. Plan on making a sleeper build out of it for my little brother.
Good ol' eMachine...
When I first got into professional PC repair, I had to replace the Power Supply & Motherboards in so many eMachines because the ones that came in them were just so bad. But they were often descently spec'ed for the era, considering the price, especially the Athlon 64 models.
In November 1998 I was 2 months old... that's crazy to think about!
And I was 2 years old
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And I was -1!
Waait... that ain't right.
you people are young...
+HoodoHoodlumsRevenge Hah, I was a fresh 18... Doze babies became sentient fast!
+HoodoHoodlumsRevenge And i was born like 2 months later!
PSA: "I have one and have never had a problem" is not a valid rebuttal to criticism of brand quality.
Maybe because it's not a rebuttal, but a personal vote based on one's experience. Or would you prohibit people from mentioning anything going against the central doctrine of the video?
My emachines e1850 ran fine with w7 until a few weeks ago. I had upgraded the processor from a 2.2 Ghz Celeron 450 to a Pentium duocore 3.4ish when they came out and it has always worked quite well. I just bought a used replacement motherboard on eBay for $33 including s/h and will continue to run it rather than buy all new s/w. It's not emachines fault that Microsoft markets bloatware.
Yeah, no. The argument that it worked fine for a particular user is akin to arguing that there is no global warming because you had to put a sweater on yesterday. No one is saying you can't post that comment, but Dave K is correctly pointing out that it's missing the point.
zwz • zdenek Anecdotes are not evidence.
Sure it is. Why do I give a shit about some other bozo's problems? Had nothing to do with mine.
I still have my T6412...granted I upgraded it at the time with everything I could handle at the time (to run Doom 3 at a high level and use HDTV recording capabilities) it still is a cpu that my family is still using today. Great video and thank you for doing this LGR!!!!
I watched this video on an eMachine EL1352-01e! It was sitting around collecting dust and needed the software updated! It works like a champ now!
I've had my emachine computer for 8 years and it's actually really good I never had a problem with it.
do you still have it? thats pretty neat
I am using an Emachines El-1352. I have 8mb of vram and it is from 2010.
emachines was the first ever computer our family ever had. a free hand-me-down from my aunt. watching this as I just found it in the garage and switched it on. 20 years old and it still works
Ah, eMachines. I grew up with them up until I moved out of my mom's place at 19. I think she still has the more slimmer, black model. We had one other eMachines tower before that, and was surprised how long it lasted.
Yeap, I remember my dad getting an eMachine for the whole family solely based on it being our first foray into the internet.
I remember in the early 2000s we used to make fun of eMachines. I once convinced my uncle to purchase an eMachine for his son's first computer because I thought it was a good troll. I was like 15 at the time, and never actually used an eMachine. For all I know they may have been amazing PCs, but just between me and all my PC gaming peers, they were kind of a running joke.
Acer, eMachines, and Gateway (formerly Gateway 2000) were sister companies (Acer Group), and its manufacturing subsidiary is Wistron.
Got a soft spot for emachines. It was my family's first new pc. And it got me into pc gaming . Mine ran wow pretty well at the time .