Electronics, Computers & Accessories

9/19/2010

eMachines EL1352-03 Desktop (Black) Reviews


eMachines EL1352-03 Desktop PC comes with these specs: AMD Athlon II X2 Processor 240, Windows 7 Home Premium, NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE Chipset, 4GB DDR3 Memory, NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE Integrated Graphics, 500GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive, Multi-in-1 Digital Media Card Reader, High Definition Audio with 5.1 Channel Audio Support, 9 - USB 2.0, Keyboard and Mouse, 12.0 lbs. | 5.4 kg (system unit only), 1 Year Parts and Labor Limited Warranty with Toll-Free Tech Support, Registration/ Limited Warranty Card, Norton Internet Security Suite 2009 Trial

eMachines EL1352: Everyday Desktop Performer

A great choice for everyday computing at home, the slim-profile eMachines EL1352-03 desktop PC delivers multitasking performance and expansion possibilities. One third the size of a normal PC, the EL1352's small-form-factor is tiny but robust with ample room for upgrades and a wealth of front access ports to complement the machine.


The EL1352 comes with a keyboard and optical mouse.


Easy access to front ports.
Listen to music, edit digital photography, manage your finances and stay connected to your social networks without breaking the bank. The EL1352-03 includes a large 500 GB hard drive (great for storing your entire music and video library), AMD Athlon II X2 dual-core processor, a SuperMulti Optical Drive for burning CDs and DVDs, and NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE graphics for excellent video playback. Pre-installed with the Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium operating system (64-bit version), you'll be able to easily create a home network and share all of your favorite photos, videos, and music. Windows 7 is the easiest, fastest, and most engaging version of Windows yet. Better ways to find and manage files, like Jump Lists and improved taskbar previews, help you speed through everyday tasks. Windows 7 is designed for faster and more reliable performance, so your PC just works the way you want it to.


Key Specifications

  • AMD Athlon II X2 dual-core processor 240 (2.8 GHz, 2 MB Cache) delivers a vivid visual experience, superior multitasking and exceptional digital media performance while being energy efficient so you can do more of the things you want to in less time.
  • 500 GB SATA hard drive
  • 4 GB of installed DDR3 RAM provides fast response time and quick boot ups so you can coast through multiple applications with ease.
  • Integrated NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE video processor delivers best-in-class performance for applications and games along with delivering crisp and vibrant video.
  • 16x SuperMulti DVD±R/RW drive can also write to CD, DVD-RAM, and dual-layer (DL) DVD±R discs--which can hold up to 8.5 GB of data.
  • Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000)
  • Multi-in-One memory card reader compatible with CompactFlash (Type I and II), CF+ Microdrive, Secure Digital (SD) Card, miniSD Card, MultiMediaCard (MMC), MMCmobile, MMCmicro, Reduced-Size MultiMediaCard (RS-MMC), xD-Picture Card, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick PRO Duo, Memory Stick Micro
  • Ports: 9 USB (5 front, 4 rear), two PS/2, one VGA
  • High-definition headphone jack and microphone jack
  • Included PS/2 keyboard and optical mouse
  • Windows 7 Home Premium makes it easy to create a home network and share all of your favorite photos, videos, and music. And you can watch shows for free when and where you want with Internet TV on Windows Media Center. Get the best entertainment experience with Windows 7 Home Premium.
  • Get more features with Windows Anytime Upgrade. It's the best way to add features to Windows 7, takes as few as ten minutes, requires no software or downloads, and you'll keep your existing programs, files, and settings. Windows will walk you through the simple upgrade process.
  • Warranty: 1 year parts and labor with toll-free tech support
What's in the Box
eMachines EL1352-03 desktop PC, power cord, eMachines PS/2 keyboard and mouse, operating instructions

Technical Details

- The eMachines EL1352 Desktop is space-saving and affordable with reliable AMD Athlon II processing, rich graphics performance.
- AMD Athlon II X2 Processor delivers a vivid visual experience, superior multitasking and exceptional digital media performance.
- NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE graphics delivers best-in-class performance for applications and games along with delivering crisp and vibrant video.
- 4 GB DDR3 Memory delivers fast response time so you can enjoy quick boot ups and coast through multiple applications with ease.
- Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit operating system is designed to be more reliable, more responsive, and to make the things you do every day easier

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Customer Buzz
5.0 out of 5 stars"Great style, performance, and price" 2010-08-06
By G. Zhou (Detroit, MI USA)
This computer is all around great. It's quiet, small, fast, and cheap. Many people dog eMachines because they're cheap, but I have never had a problem with their products (this is my 3rd eMachine). Windows 7 runs smooth and its customization format is much more user friendly compared to Vista. The only slight negative of this computer is its graphics card is only mediocre, but if you're not going to do any hardcore gaming, then it will definitely serve its job. I highly recommend this computer.

Customer Buzz 
5.0 out of 5 stars"Perfect fit for web centric needs. Gamers look elsewhere" 2010-08-05
By Allen Woolley
This machine was given as a gift to my wife's parents to replace an 8 year old full sized desktop Celeron PC.

This model is not intended to be a fire breathing gamer rig for your FPS games, instead it is intended to be a high value for the money machine for exactly the web-centric usage my in-laws have. If games are important to you, this is the wrong machine to be looking at.

It arrived on time and was exactly what they needed: An affordable dual core high memory machine with lots of USB ports (6 of the 9 ports are in use) and low end nVidia graphics capability so they could use Facebook apps like Farmville, play Youtube videos, use Skype to video call family and do other semi-graphics intensive things like Netflicks smoothly.

The machine was simple to set up (I am a highly experienced technical person and know computers and operating systems from the ground up, so your mileage may vary here) and the machine did everything I expected it to do. My only complaint was I had to to click a lot of boxes agreeing to a excessive number of pre-installed applications terms.

Total setup time was about 6 hours mainly due to the many Windows, Anti-virus and nVidia driver updates along with other application installs like Skype.

I uninstalled the MS Office demo and some of the other trial-ware to free up more resources for the system. This is a worthwhile time investment as the trial-ware is memory, CPU and disk hungry stuff.

The Windows 7 user migration tool worked as advertised and imported all their photos and other personal data off the old XP Home machine. A tip here is to use a wired network on both PCs or you will be in for a very long, as in over night or even longer, wait for the files to be transfered.

Since I only had one monitor, and the Home versions of Windows do not include Remote Desktop, I installed the free and excellent TightVNC from [...] on both machines so I could control the old XP box from the new eMachines computer.

Everything worked out great and the in-laws are delighted to have a much faster, much smaller and much better Windows 7 PC to use. The main keys to this machine's success in order are:

- The 4GB of installed memory
- Dual core CPU
- On board nVidia chip

The small form factor is a most welcome addition to the feature list followed finally by the 500GB hard drive which will likely never go over 25% full.

For it's intended purpose, this machine is a perfect fit. The price has already fallen $20 at another online shop from when I bought it a month ago here, so be sure to shop around for the best deal.

Customer Buzz 
5.0 out of 5 stars"Home PC eMachines 1352-03" 2010-07-31By WolfgangValue for money was ok.Very good: Ready for pre-installation.Note useful: I only later noticed the use of the attached blank DVD.

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