[Only1choice____Freedom]

Will they rename the company as Packard Bell?

[areeves79]

Well eMachine used to be a good brand.......until now

[ambrose]

eMachines... they went public in the late 90's, the insiders dumped all the stock... then it dropped to pennies a share with the dotcom collapse... then one of the insiders took it private... and now they get to cash back out again.

Wow.

[stainlessbanner]

has been profitable for nine straight quarters.

Impressive in the pc industry. I've heard emach. quality is much better than a few years ago.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

When a PC company starts selling flat-panel TVs, you know the end is near.

For them.

[AuthenticLiberal]

All I can say is that my better half's eMachine box is about as useful of a PC as an abicus....

[r9etb]

I've got an e-Machine, which I rather like. I did have to replace the floppy drive after about a month, but no troubles since.

Not as good as the Dell I have at work, though.

I used to have a Gateway at my office, and LOATHED it.

[tje]

I was in Circuit City a few years back, looking at an eMachine. I smelled something funny and then noticed the smoke coming out from the power supply. It burned up right before my eyes.

This was my only experience with an eMachine. As for Gateway, their boxes are cute.

[Sloth]

Gateway to Buy EMachines for $235 Million

I just bought a Dell for $558.

[Gman]

I worked for SuperMac Technology in the mid '90s when we bought the first incarnation of eMachines: a Macintosh large screen manufacturer.

I hope that Gateway learns that you can't help a sinking rock by tying it to yourself...

[TalBlack]

I have a pretty good idea why Gateway's fortunes are sagging: too many economies in the product. I have a gateway P4 2.26 Ghz 533 mhz 512k machine and it works fine with the stuff they sell with it but don't even think about getting any Pro audio going! MOTU 2408mk3 won't work with it, Echo Mia won't either neither will M-Audio midisport or midiman. Cubase MAY work but its hard to tell since nothing that works with it works! BUGGY AS HECK in the Audio dept. But the el-cheapo onboard sound works! They cut a corner somewhere as far as I'm concerned!

[q_an_a]

say good night Gracie! buying a pound dog to put in your kennel of show dogs will not make them better. if they spent 200 million on improving their product and service they might get 5% more market share but buying a dog company is the sign of a desperate man.