LGR Tech Tales - eMachines: Never Obsolete?

This episode covers the various ups, downs, and fascinating choices of the Emachines computer company. Join me in LGR Tech Tales, looking at stories of technological inspiration, failure, and everything in-between!

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"Milinda" by Diode Milliampere

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[LGR]

I have now covered the infamous *eMachines eOne* that Apple sued them over in 1999!

[SkeletonBill]

eMachines is the reason my broke-ass family could afford a computer in the early 2000s. I loved that piece of crap.

[dylanh]

"never obsolete" is at least true for their keyboards. i used my emachines keyboard for well over 10 years. it finally broke recently but only due to a catastrophic coffee spill.

[Evansmustard]

LGR Techtales and Oddware are my crack and you're the only dealer in town.

[ViewThis.]

I don't think I will criticize the E machines computer too much. I bought one around the year 2001 from Best Buy. I got a 3 year subscription to MSN dial up to make it cost less. The dial up was pure hell. The computer with it's 4gb hardrive was okay. it never gave me any problems that I remember. Somewhere around 2012 I got a notice in the mail that a Class action lawsuit was filed against E machines computers because the shoddy construction caused loss of Data. I was part of the Class, all I had to do was send in a copy of my drivers license and original reciept and I would get a voucher for a new $500 computer with monitor. So I sent in a copy of my drivers license and Yes, I still had my original purchase reciept too !! I got back 2 vouchers instead of one. So I got a brand new Gateway windows 8 pc and big flatscreen monitor, and a great windows 8 laptop - together worth about 1000 dollars. FREE!! I've put windows 10 on both and still use them to this day.

[Dannybythebanana]

My friend actually has an eMachine.

*It's running Windows XP and it's his main computer, pray for him*

[MetalJesusRocks]

Great episode dude, I really enjoyed this

[skymin]

SO THAT'S WHY THE E IN THE ACER LOGO LOOKS DIFFERENT FROM THE REST OF THE LOGO

[RoadsterPCX]

I still have an eMachines laptop. It never let me down, still runs fine (even on W10!) and it only had its battery replaced. It may not be the fastest laptop, but for watching movies, going on the Internet and listening to music it still does the job.

[liquatic]

I remember being like 7 years old when the monitor that came with our emachines sparked and shut off and I ran out of the house thinking it was gonna blow up lmao

[wavy]

Jeezuz eMachines are so nostalgic, half my family used it. Hell I still have a functioning windows xp eMachines working perfectly. I love your channel.

[torgo_]

0:45 - Omikorn: The Nomad Soul soundtrack. I _love_ that game, recognised it immediately. RIP David Bowie. :(

[lonewolf]

My family was broke and couldn’t afford a computer. when e-machines came out I was a teen working in fast food so I bought one for few hundred bucks and I LOVED that thing! Right along with A.O. Hell…I spent so many hours on the web and being a troll in chat rooms..very fond memories

[WayneEarls]

I watched this video on a 19" eMachines monitor. It's a great monitor. It's hooked to my brand new computer. Great informative videos you have.

[EricHeckermoo]

My still using his emachine. It's over 12 years old. His is built like a champ. We only upgraded the ram once.

[Raelunil]

The first computer that was solely mine, not a shared computer, was an emachines. RIP emachines, you have a special place in my heart. ❤

[TheUACveteran]

I'm actually watching this video on an eMachines computer.

[krisd]

Oh man oh man, I remember Emachines! We had one for the longest time when I was growing up, they're like, the origin of my computer obsession.

[SeaJay_Oceans]

eMachines made GREAT computers at low cost and brought the digital age to many who couldn't afford it before... Thank you eMachines! :-)


For fun, buy an old eMachines with a good clean case, and update all the contents to the newest 12 Core RTX 2080 Ti Gamer system.

[ReinEngel]

Me: "I need a computer that can handle editing and video rendering."
Best Buy Employee: "There's no way you can do any of that on this eMachines system."

Best fucking computer I ever owned. I was able to install a capture card effortlessly and run several capture programs that allowed me to record video from my gaming consoles while playing them, all with zero lag. What a fantastic computer. I bought it in 2003 for $549 and it was able to do things my next computer, a $1700 beast from HP, couldn't... like open Windows Movie Maker.

Only problem I had was the power supply failed. Sadly, this was back before I knew enough to diagnose and fix the problem myself, so I ended up almost getting financially sodomized at a repair place. "Well, when the power supply went it fried the motherboard, DVD-ROM drive and processor, so it's going to be $600 to fix all of it. I bought a new system instead, but later on I came across an appropriate power supply for next to nothing, installed it and presto, everything worked fine... those lying motherfuckers. MRO Computers and Astronomy... never go there.