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| Click here to select a new forum. | | 21 eMacs | Posted by: joshc on 2009-01-01 14:15:04
Am I the only one here who hates eMacs? Heavy, bulky, unreliable...Even ugly perhaps.
| Posted by: Unknown_K on 2009-01-01 14:33:57
Am I the only one here who hates eMacs? Heavy, bulky, unreliable...Even ugly perhaps. I like emacs more then fruity imacs, but towers are king. | Posted by: Mike Richardson on 2009-01-01 16:06:33
The 1.42 GHz eMac lists for $289 on the Adopt a Mac website. This is beating out every other online retailer already, but I will cut a side deal for one if anyone is interested.
| Posted by: slimac55 on 2009-01-01 23:41:42
Am I the only one here who hates eMacs? Heavy, bulky, unreliable...Even ugly perhaps. I had an eMac once. I can agree with you on the heavy and bulky. That made it really hard to move, and the slippery material on it made it even worse, but I don't know where the unreliable comes from. My eMac was fine in the reliability area. As for the appearance, I think it looks okay, but a bit out of proportion (with such a flat front and such a curvy back).
| Posted by: joshc on 2009-01-02 03:39:23
...but I don't know where the unreliable comes from. My eMac was fine in the reliability area. My mom had an eMac, the logic board died within 2 years. Also corrupted hard drive - only just got the data off it.
| Posted by: Cory5412 on 2009-01-02 04:13:40
Depending on the speed of the eMac that could've been a capacitor problem though, which every vendor at the time experienced.
eMacs are big and difficult to move specifically because of where they were originally sold. The intent was that you bought 30 of them, and had a moving crew set them up, and then they just hung out in the lab for the next three to five years. (not being stolen from the school, because of the fact that they're huge, heavy, and had a less desirable CRT display.)
| Posted by: somorastik on 2009-01-02 07:09:20
I have a 700mhz eMac, 768Mb Ram, and after the years of daily use, it realy started to slow down. Realy badly. To make a long long story shor, I figured out (after few OS reinstalations) that the truble was in its harddrive.
I replaced the old 40GB for new 120GB. And it was realy like new. Try it out.
Taking apart eMac is fun, use an apple manual definitely, its so stuffed inside.
Apart from the fan noise its a great computer for my parents.
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