who owns e-machines now ?

renovation · Post by **renovation** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 7:18 pm

is it gateway or dell ? im looking at maybe buying one of those eME725-4520 laptops from wallyworld for $298 ?

b-man1 · Post by **b-man1** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 7:31 pm

http://www.emachines.com/corporate/background.html

Brand Background
eMachines, one of the the world's fastest growing and most efficient PC brands, was acquired by Gateway, Inc. in March 2004 for $262 million in cash and shares. In October 2007, eMachines was acquired by Taiwan-based Acer Inc., and the combined entities now comprise the third-largest PC company in the world. It remains a stand-alone brand that is sold through leading retailers, e-tailers and channel partners in the U.S. and selected markets abroad.

Since its launch in 1998, we've shipped more than five million eMachines systems. It was the second-largest vendor of desktop PCs sold through U.S. retailers.

Internationally, our low-cost, full-featured systems are sold in Canada, Japan, Mexico and the United Kingdom, with further expansion into Europe planned soon

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 8:03 pm

They make decent desktop PCs nowadays. A far cry from the crap they made 6 years ago. HOWEVER I wouldn't recommend their laptops.

RubberDuckie · Post by **RubberDuckie** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 8:15 pm

^ second that

renovation · Post by **renovation** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 8:23 pm

thanks guys i pass on it . looked to good a deal to be good .also not worth having a mad wife to deal with also

Shadow250 · Post by **Shadow250** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 8:37 pm

i got a nice cheap acer and so far its worked great since i took vista off it.

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 10:27 pm

I REALLY like Acer laptops lately. Nice machines, and they tend to get great battery life.