21 eMacs

[joshc]

Am I the only one here who hates eMacs? Heavy, bulky, unreliable...Even ugly perhaps.

 

[Unknown_K]

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.

 

[Mike Richardson]

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.

 

[slimac55]

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).

 

[joshc]

...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.

 

[Cory5412]

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.)

 

[somorastik]

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.