Post #2415136
2026-04-03 16:38 UTC
Bahahaha I grew up with an emachine once we upgraded from our 386, then 486…
The emachine was the worst computer I’ve ever had. I preferred our Compaq Portable. I didn’t know it at the time but emachines were just Gateway’s bottom-tier garbputers. Trying to play anything on it was a nightmare. Even MIDI files sounded like shit compared to my friend’s 1GHz HP. The Rage II integrated graphics played Diablo II at 10FPS.
Horrible nightmare machine full of poop and sadness.
I wish they kept it. I’d love to have it on display at my house now.
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@rozodru@piefed.world 2026-04-03 17:49
yeah they were horrible, could barely run anything. I always remember the sticker on the front of it “you’ll never have to upgrade again!” My dad would get deals on them because he would pay for like a years worth of internet service up front so we’d either get the emachines pc for dirt cheap or practically free. so depending on the deal that was being run we’d end up switching ISPs like every year. MSN, AOL, Prodigy, etc.