• 2.66 GHz Celeron processor
• 60 GB hard drive
• CD RW drive (CD burner)
• 256 MB DDR Memory
• 6 USB 2.0 Ports
• 256 KB L2 Cache
• 533 MHz Front side bus

plus a 17" flat screen CRT monitor AND a Lexmark Z 715 printer!

It is the next generation computer after those that we have in class (2.5 GHz processor, 40 GB hard drive).

Ad from Best Buy in Dover DE.

In “The Secret Guide to Computers”, 29th Edition, 2004, (ISBN 0-939151-29-4) the author, Russ Walter, states the following: “--- in 2001, Emachines improved its computers (which had been miserable) and its tech support (which had been atrocious before Wayne Inouye spent 20 million dollars extra on tech support and customer service in 2001). Now Emachines are finally worth getting: They’re good computers at rock-bottom prices. Consumer surveys show that the computers from Emachines are more reliable and better serviced than computers from most other computer brands.”

This is consistent with our experience.

Added on 3/28/05: The sale period has now passed. This is being left online to provide a benchmark for value that becomes available from time to time.