eMachines eM250-1162 Refurbished - Black
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Acer eMachines EM250-1915 1.66GHz Intel Atom Processor N270 Netbook

Powered by the iconic Intel Atom N270 1.60GHz processor, 1 gig of DDR2 memory and augmented by an Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator 950 the eMachines eM250-1915 Netbook is perfect for your light-computing activities! The eMachines eM250-1915 Netbook has a 10.1 inch LED-backlit display, easy typing keyboard, Windows XP Home Edition Operating System and other tools that make it simple to surf the web, share digital pictures, chat face-to-face with the onboard webcam, as well as keep up to date with all your social networks…all on the move.

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Acer eMachines EM250-1915 1.66GHz Intel Atom Processor N270 Netbook

I have had this netbook for three weeks now, after my larger laptop died. This was a better, more cost effective alternative to having the old one fixed. I am very happy I took advantage of it!

WindowsXP is easy enough and for my needs, this is perfect. It's light weight, portability and long battery life, makes it the perfect computer for those of us who need the convenience of a netbook.

I couldn't be more pleased! If you are in the market for a netbook, I suggest for anyone to not count this one out. It's a gem.

Posted on: 2010-08-25
By Iris Dunson
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I have several computers. I got tired of lugging my 15 inch laptop all over the city. I looked at several net-books with a budget of about 300 dollars in mind.
After looking at about 6 or 7 net-books, most of them with Windows 7 and an
Atom N470 processor, I found this little gem. When I played with the Window 7
machines I noticed that the graphical response was sluggish. I assumed that the Atom processor working with 1 gig of memory and the embedded video processor were working hard under Windows 7. The eMachine net-book with Windows XP Home SP/3 seemed a lot more responsive and peppy and since the price was about 30 to 50 dollars cheaper than the other machines I bought the eMachine with XP. I have not been disappointed! I love this machine. It weights less than half my 15 inch laptop I bought in 2009. After cleaning off all the crapware and setting it up to work like my other laptop it spins like a top. I then connected up my external USB DVD burner to it and had no problem making backup driver and system restore disks.
I have this net-book in my backpack all the time. Time will tell if this thing
is built well enough to last 3-5 years. The thing is actually a re-branded Acer.
You should be able get a 6 cell battery for it to extend the discharge time to 6 hours or so. The eMachine website has the drivers for it and some documentation, but there is only basic online support for this model.
I highly recommend this model for it's speed and price. So far I have been running all kinds of popular apps and it hasn't crashed or locked up (yet).
My only gripe is that I wish there was a physical volume control(wheel)
to control headphone/line-out volume.

Posted on: 2010-07-09
By BetaGeek612
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