eMachines T5246

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Expert review by : Joel Santo Domingo (pcmag.com)

eMachines T5246

With the T5246, eMachines (finally) adds a second gigabyte of RAM, giving it the chops to be a good light-duty bargain desktop.

Under $500 for the "top-of-the-line" eMachine system. 2GB of system memory. 400GB hard drive.

Still a lot of bloatware. Dated integrated graphics. Free Norton Internet Security subscription drops to 60 days. A ball mousein 2008?

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Apr, 2008

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Expert review by : Rich Brown (cnet.com)

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eMachines T5246

Full-fledged Windows Vista PC for less than $500; largest hard drive in its price category.

A few systems at retail have faster CPUs for less.

The eMachines T5246 is an imminently capable budget desktop, with pretty much every feature you'd want in a day-to-day PC. If you're inclined to bargain hunt you might find a better deal by a few dollars, but if you pick this one up you won't go wrong...

Mar, 2008

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Expert review by : Richard Jantz (pcworld.com)

eMachines T5246

At $620 (as of 2/7/08), the eMachines T5246 is the least expensive value PC in our lineup. But since it's a prebuilt retail system available in only one configuration (it's sold as the 4200+ Desktop at Best Buy), you can't mix and match components...

Very inexpensive ; Large (400GB) hard drive

Weak integrated graphics ; Bundle LCD only a 17-inch display

Low-priced PC has capacious storage and good expansion options, but its graphics performance and small monitor dissapoint.

Feb, 2008

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Consumer review (viewpoints.com)

eMachines T5246: Powerful Computer, Cheap Price ”

eMachines made a terrible name for themselves in the not-so-long ago by making horrible products made worse by terrible tech support. Drivers for their machines were hard to track down and finding any significant source of information required the use...

Feb, 2011

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Consumer review (viewpoints.com)

Great Machine ”

I bought my emachaines at best buy last year for easter. It came with a printer, fax, scanner and plus speakers, key board and a mouse. I bought for $500 and i love it. It has a flat screen monitor which i have never had. The windows vista i thought...

Aug, 2009

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