I own an eMachine, and i have for a year or so now. Same ram, proccessor, and motherboard from when i bought it, only thing i updated was the video card to a 9500, Now, my computer is better than seriously about 80% of the computers i see on the shelf from "Dell" and "HP" and all that shit, and i payed 600$ for it all (Including updated video card). The only thing thats gay about them is u cant get a bigger power supply, because they dont sell bigger than like 300-350, and other ones wont fit. But still, i can run any program i need too (less doom3) and ive never had a problem. Now, tell me eMachines suck.
Btw, specs are
AMD2800
512ram
eMachines mother board i assume
Raedon9500
XP Pro/Gentoo Linux
120harddrive
Again, 600$