EMachine Laptop
Review of EMachines EMD620-5133 Laptop
EMachines Laptop EMD620-5133
Pros: Big hard drive, masses of ram, bright screen, perfect size for lugging around, very low price.
Cons: No Wireless N, Existing memory must be removed to upgrade to 4gb.
Summary : Great little laptop for students and business pros. Handles office applications, email, and net simply. Low price.
For the cost of one of those small and just about pointless netbooks, you can have a genuine laptop. With the Athlon 64 processor, 2gb of RAM, drive, and 160gb drive, and 160gb hard drive, you will have enough power to run all your office applications such as Microsoft Office, Adobe Apartments , and Quickbooks.
For ordinary office and student use, having Windows Vista running on a full power processor Athlon 64 1.60ghz with 2gb of ram is essential. The 160gb drive should give you enough room to store all your documents and projects with your itunes/mp3 library for the next couple of years. At least till it’s time to replace this EMachine laptop with the most recent and greatest.
The 14″ screen is bright and clear. Whether you are writing your paper, working out your portfolio, or simply watching your favourite DVD, you may enjoy a sharp 1280×800 resolution. There is also an external vga port to catch up the EMachine laptop to an external monitor. You can even run in dual screen mode with the portable showing one window and the external monitor showing Add a wireless keyboard and mouse and you will have a virtual desktop replacement.
You shouldn’t need to upgrade the ram above the 2gb already installed unless you are working with larger graphic files and heavy duty software like Adobe Photoshop CSx. However, if you find you must upgrade the ram, then you have to remove the 2gb already installed into the sole 2 available slots and replace them with two 2gb sticks. It is a relatively straightforward process that you can do yourself. There is very little one can do with the 2gb you’re taking out. I suppose you could try craigslist or ebay.
The only other thing I suspect I should address is the lack of wireless N. This is not really a con. Fundamentally , I don’t know of any wireless hotspots that offer wireless N, so the built in wireless g will work everywhere with masses of speed. At home, wireless g is still quicker than most cable/dsl providers can pump thru your modem anyway. However, wireless N is allegedly 4x quicker and has 4x the range of wireless g.
Since wireless g can more than handle even the present fastest internet speeds available, you may not care about wireless N for a long time. However, wireless N does provide a slight advantage in range. This would allow you wander around your office and/or home without being worried about your signal strength. So if you have a wireless N router at home or at the office, then you may want to think about adding a wireless N USB port if (on the rare chance ) you’re continually loosing your wireless connection.
All in all, I might highly counsel this EMachine laptop to anyone that isn’t a heavy graphic designer or gamer. For ordinary office and student use, it’s more than tough enough and at under 6 pounds, is a comfy size and weight to carry about. As of this writing, it’s currently being offered at ValueAuthority.com Laptop Reviews for $379 with free shipping! Why trouble with a netbook when you can have a genuine notebook for the same price?
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