Acer emachines EL1300

43 reviews

Mar, 2025

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 43 reviews of Acer emachines EL1300. The average rating for this product is 4.4/5, compared to an average rating of 4.1/5 for other Desktops for all reviews. People really like the size. The design also gets good reviews, whereas there are some mixed views about the usability.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Desktops the Acer emachines EL1300 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 81/100 = Very good quality.

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Expert review by : David Murphy (pcworld.com)

eMachines EL1300G-01w

At $298 (as of August 23, 2009), the compact eMachines EL1300G-01w is the least-expensive value PC we've tested at PC World in more than a year. While its performance equals or exceeds that of similarly configured compact PCs, it doesn't rank anywhere...

Beautiful, white exterior ; Plenty of USB ports for connecting devices

Upgrading is a daunting task ; No integrated Wi-Fi

This little Mac-lookalike delivers exactly what you’d expect to find in a s a good thing.00 compact PC--that's a good thing.

Sep, 2009

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Expert review by : Eric Grevstad (pcmag.com)

eMachines EL1300G-01w

Despite non-gamer graphics, this sub-$300 eMachines EL1300G-01w PC is a fair alternative to a sub-$600 nettop.

A PC with 2GB of RAM and a DVD burner for under $300. Compact. Quiet. Enough USB ports for the whole family.

Single-core CPU. Integrated graphics won't run DX10. No monitor. Exclusive to Wal-Mart. Security software subscription ends after 60 days. Ball mouse.

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Jun, 2009

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Expert review by : Rich Brown (cnet.com)

eMachines EL1300G-01w review: eMachines EL1300G-01w

eMachines EL1300G-01w

Pleasing, compact design; rock-bottom price; DVD burner and media card reader.

Dog-slow performance; easily outclassed if you spend just $50 more.

We cringe at the idea of recommending such a slow PC when you can get significantly better performance for just a few more dollars. That said, it's hard to argue with the eMachines EL1300G-01w's low price, clean good looks, and relatively complete...

Jun, 2009

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Emachines EL1300G-01w Desktop PC Review

So here's a real cheap desktop computer. Aimed at doing just the basics and not including a monitor this system has everything a desktop computer needs and is perfect for a second, general-use system.

The Gigabit LAN is a bit of a surprise.

Dec, 2009

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Consumer review (cnet.com)

A work horse!

She's My Friend!

Keeps working 4 yrs

Hard to upgrade

Feb, 2014

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Consumer review (cnet.com)

"A work horse!"

She's My Friend!

Keeps working 4 yrs

Hard to upgrade

Feb, 2014

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Consumer review (cnet.com)

"decent computer with a difrent OS on it"

i got this computer a couple of months ago...came with vista and then it crashed. so i put windows xp on it. Then i messed up that messing with the binary timer trying to activate it.after that it sat for a while till i decided to put Linux on it. has...

for the price its a good computer (once you put a different OS on it)

comes preloaded with vista ...very slow. had to put Linux on it (specifically zorin %s)to make it usable.

Oct, 2013

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Consumer review (cnet.com)

decent computer with a difrent OS on it

for the price its a good computer (once you put a different OS on it)

comes preloaded with vista ...very slow. had to put Linux on it (specifically zorin %s)to make it usable.

Oct, 2013

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Consumer review (viewpoints.com)

The eMachines EL1300 Desktop is a great pc! ”

I got my emachine EL1300 desktop as a birthday gift about a year and half ago and I still love it. It's a very sleek design and I love the white color for a change from basic black. It's very quick and I can do everything from e-mail to facebook, or...

Jan, 2011

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id buy something else broke within 2hrs ”

very nice computer had problems with it within 2 hrs out of the box it quit working and them had problems with getting my money back they wanted to send me another one can say the same about dell also they arnt as good either had problems with them also

Sep, 2010

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