Emachines D620-5777 Notebook Computer

Windows Vista Home Basic Included! AMD Athlon 2650e Processor

Owner Reviews, Ratings, Comments and Criticism
I have to say that I like this little laptop. I got mine for $369 at Office Depot. At a "netbook" price I have a real laptop. That means I have a 14" screen (not 7-10"), a full size keyboard (not a tiny one) and a CD/DVD burner (not available on netbooks). In addition, it came with Vista Basic which is less of a resource hog than Vista Premium and a number of useful programs like Microsoft Works, NTI burning and backup software and Google Desktop. My computer came with 2 GB RAM. I find the performance to be more than adequate for routine tasks and much speedier than netbooks that I have used. With a real sized keyboard I feel that this computer could handle real tasks like typing a 10-20 page paper. There is more than enough power to do those things that the typical user would want, like some simple photo editing. Obviously this is a bargain laptop so you can't expect the same features that you would get in a $1000 computer. You won't find a webcam or even a SD card reader but you can certainly add those via USB if needed. Speaking of USB, you only get 2 ports as opposed to the usual 3 and don't expect anything fancy like an HDMI or external SATA port. Will this computer: Run MS Office? Yes Run a simple photo editor? Yes Run Adobe Photoshop? Probably not too well Run Print Shop? Yes Run Adobe Illustrator? Probably not too well Edit a short You Tube video using MS Moviemaker? Yes Edit a long HD movie using Adobe Premier? Probably not Play simple 2D games? Yes Play complex, high action 3D games? Probably not Use a web cam for Skype? Yes, but you will need to supply your own USB camera Read flash cards? Yes, but you will have to buy a cheap USB card reader All in all I think the folks at eMachine thought long and hard to create a useable machine at the lowest price point. In my opinion they succeeded. If you want a super powered gamer in a fashion color look elsewhere. If you need a basic machine that is bigger but also more user friendly than a netbook check out the eMachine.