The eMachines 566ir is a computer I appreciate less for its capabilities, and more for the context in which it existed in the year 2000. Retail rebates that made it cost $0* to take home, plus the infamous claim of NEVER being obsolete! I’ve discussed this on LGR Tech Tales but I’ve wanted to take a closer look at one of the actual systems, and finding this one at VCFMW 2022 complete with all the stickers was a prime opportunity.
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they really need to make some mini pc's versions of 2000's pc's, it would be great for people who dont have much money
I didn't have this PC growing up, but I'm pretty sure I had that exact same monitor, just without the emachines logo. But the options were exactly those, the button to turn it on was exactly like that, and it was 13-14" just like this one. Wow…
Sold these at circuit city. The free thing really worked. I warned every customer about the pitfalls and how broadband was rolling out. Nobody listened.
The story of emachines reminds me a little of the “ALDI” computers of the early 2000s in Germany. It felt like every second person had one, and on release day people were queuing up in front of the ALDI stores. The scam with these was not any discounts, but rather the reputation that the computers were extremely well priced although they were not particularly cheap for what they offered. The worst thing was that many of the computers on offer had proprietary mainboards and power supplies and the GPUs were mostly extremely stripped-down special models of actually good GPUs of the time at a similar price.
Comes with a complimentary “Mission Accomplished” banner.