We've oft heard proclamations of the "cheap PC" coming our way. Well, it's finally a done deal: $399 won't buy you happiness, but it will buy you a utilitarian PC (sans monitor) that you won't be ashamed to show off to your power-user friends.
This easy-to-set-up PC sports two USB ports, a peppy CD-ROM drive, adequate sound (with minispeakers), a 56K modem, and a respectable 32 megs of memory. Windows 98 and Microsoft Works are already installed. Not too shabby, folks.
Let's face it: A used 486 will do the job for wordprocessing, emailing, number crunching, and such. But a 486 can choke from heavy Web surfing. This Pentium PC didn't crash or cry uncle - even while accessing graphics-intensive sites. OK, it's not the speediest (powered by a Cyrix 300-MHz chip), but that's to be expected considering the price.
eTower 300c: $399. emachines: +1 (877) 566 3463.
STREET CRED
Cheap Power Tower
The World as Interface
O Mighty Layout-o-Matik!
T1 Rex
Take the Body!
Don't Leave Home Without It
Page After Page
Millennial Checkup
Cinema Underground
Pocket Server
The Games Girls Play
Music
Just Outta Beta
ReadMe
Find Your Type
You've Got Junk Mail
Contributors
