Keasay said:BB just changed the Product Features. Now it is vista system in that link.
They changed it back now. strange

Works with XP. Doesn't work with Vista. RAM is dirt cheap these days, assuming it's pc5300 or the like. With XP and 2GB this could be a working machine. Lots of people are poor but absolutely must have a computer. Use it for school or if you're going out on the road. Only question is whether it's such crap that it will fall apart immediately.

onion said:eekfuh said:I would not recommend buy this computer. The processor is a weak unupgradable peice of junk. the Acer Aspire One and EEE 1000HA both have better processors. Even if this has 15.4 screen versus the smaller netbook screens, it just shows how weak this computer is.Ahhh the uneducated. The Athlon 1.6ghz is OVER twice as fast as the junk Atom cpus. Please get an education before displaying such stupidity again.

ONION, don't you know this is a pos....
No one would want it.

eMachines - Laptop with AMD Athlon™ 2650e Processor - Black
Model: eMD620-5777 | SKU: 9057058

Backordered: Usually leaves our warehouse within 1-2 weeks Estimate Arrival Time

osuuma said:Currently online and in stores.

Buy now, and pricematch on Sunday.

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A newbie question: How does the PriceMatch in this case? BB says:

Low price guarantee: If your product is available at a lower price in the store at the time of pickup, your credit card and/or Gift Card will automatically be adjusted to reflect the lowest price available.

Does this include the situation in which the product is sold out online and at the store when pickup?

yesidonoitall said:RE:
bigger, better screen than a netbook plus has a DVD burner.


Very silly comparison.
Apples to oranges.

How is that silly? Both are portable computers and I bet a lot of people have found it a difficult decision to make balancing between the bigger screen, DVD burner, faster CPU's and additional output ports with a standard notebook PC and the very light and easily portable netbook PC's. Now if I was comparing desktops vs. laptops, that would be apples to oranges.

OK, I know yout tech heads have strong opinions on how good a deal this is for using most of the features and specs.

But could someone please answer this one question honestly: if my wife just wanted a laptop primarily for surfing the internet at home occasionally, isn't this one just as good vs. paying $100-150 for a laptop that might have more functionality?

Thanks.

thietlong said:If all you do is surf internet, then you could get this or the one from WalMart. Heck anything under 300 on eBay would be fine for surfing the web. If you worry about vista, either add more memory (easily around 15-20 bux on frys.com after rebate) or do a clean installation and you are good to go.

Amen Brother!

But then if your wife just wants something to occasionally surf the Internet at home, why not a desktop instead? Unless space is important, you get far more function far cheaper with a desktop. I wouldn't go for a used machine on eBay though, especially not a laptop. I've seen too many of them go kaput. Actually this machine would be perfect for your wife. It's new and has Windows XP home already on it. I like XP.

thanks all for the confirmation that this would be fine for web surfing. we have one toddler and another on the way, so it's difficult for my wife to find the time (and sometimes comfort) to use the laptop in the study, so wanted to find a secondary one that she could use elsewhere in the house at her convenience.

and i hear ya on the Vista-- i bought my older parents a laptop a year ago and it had Vista on it-- i'm still getting ulcers in trying to help them use it!

VaporGuy said:Not too bad if you just need something for basic computing. Beats waiting outside BB on Thanksgiving at 5pm. Honestly, those BF lines keep getting longer and longer.
You're exactly right, I probably just stay up all night until Black Friday morning and order everything online. Then take whatever I couldn't get and go down to my Wal-Mart to price match the sales.