Okay, got the scoop from the paper.
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free printer? They are usually okay printouts but very slow & use a lot of ink, so the manf gets the money back when people keep buying those $30 refills.
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MailIn $100-150 Rebate? Surprising, but most people don’t mail that in. Such rebates only cost the comp. about $20 per computer.
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Internet $400 or rebates. This requires a three year contract & if you cancel early, like the first year, you MUST pay $400.00. Also, soon people are going to be paying $20-$40 a month for high speed access, ASDL, or cable. emachine customers have to stay with that $21 plan then or pay up.
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Only a couple software programs come with them. Youll be spending another 200-400 bucks for more software.
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Nice hardware specs, 32 meg ram, 400 mhz, etc, but they can’t be updated unless you buy a whole new emachine…
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emachines only sells whole computers.If you already got your own modem, well, youll have to use the one in the emachine. Cheap modems, those.