I am new here, and - even worse, I am no expert. Admitting that, I may as well admit my first comp was a "Pionex" cheapy 386. I had it for a couple of years, gave it to a nephew who kept it several more. I had an Emachines P1 that I bought (it was SO cheap!) and added a decent video and sound card to. I had it a few years and gave it away. I had quite a few "cheap" computers. The last few were comp show cheapies. My last is (until Wednesday)/(soon)was a computer show special AMD 1800+.
In all these years I have had zero problems (other than the usual Windows 95/98 crashes). I read about emachines being garbage, but my 6 yr old grand-daughter STILL uses my old P1! I expect newbies buy cheapo computers and have trouble because they just couldn't deal with the crappy old Windows or re-formatting when Win gets so full of crud it won't work right. My sister was an IBMer, so she helped me through the upgrades/re-installs, etc... I expect high complaints might really reflect new users. As far as "cheap" parts, I have several machines (given to relatives) still running after at least 3+ yrs with NO problems.
Or am I the luckiest guy on Earth?
In all these years I have had zero problems (other than the usual Windows 95/98 crashes). I read about emachines being garbage, but my 6 yr old grand-daughter STILL uses my old P1! I expect newbies buy cheapo computers and have trouble because they just couldn't deal with the crappy old Windows or re-formatting when Win gets so full of crud it won't work right. My sister was an IBMer, so she helped me through the upgrades/re-installs, etc... I expect high complaints might really reflect new users. As far as "cheap" parts, I have several machines (given to relatives) still running after at least 3+ yrs with NO problems.
Or am I the luckiest guy on Earth?
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