No guess about pricing. eMachines used to have a very poor reputation for quality, but since early this year seem much improved. I'd check date of manufacture.... My son did get Gateway to match a price for a similar machine elsewhere -- chopped a couple of hundred dollars off. He likes his machine.
If all else fails, ask if you can have a 'cheaper' operating system, like Win98SE, and be sure to get the CD. No experience with WalMart machines. Choppy At 02:40 PM 5/23/02 -0500, you wrote: >Hey, I was just wondering if anyone had purchased one of those operating >system free computers at WalMart that had been discussed about a month or so >ago. As I recall a number of people had thought about the idea. Also, is >anyone familiar with the Emachines that are available. I saw where you can >get one for $400 and that includes a 17" monitor and XP, not that I need the >monitor but I don't think I could build one for that price. I wonder how >much they would knock off if I said I didn't want the monitor and operating
