Emachines is a California based company that manufactured low cost computers. One of the best things about this company was that it made PCs for the users who loved the iMac style but at the same time, it used the Windows interface. The principle that emachines works on is pretty simple - manufacture easy to use, affordable computers that give more value and more service. This company is probably one of the most recognized brands in the industry with a record of more than five million computers sold world wide till date. Lets face it, the company started off really well offering models which would have usually cost $700 to $900 for $400 to $600 (without a monitor of course).

Emachines was known to have a price war going on with large companies like Compaq, IBM, Packard Bell, etc. and by the year 2000, emachines secured the spot of being the fifth largest selling computers in the world outdoing the sales of IBM and Packard Bell, driving them out of the competition. In 2004, PC magazine even went on to saying that the computers manufactured by emachines are the most reliable computers in the market pointing out that when compared to other systems after one year of operating, emachines computers were reported to have fewer problems.

www.emachines.com is the official website of the company which helps its customers get the best of products and services. Apart from providing the best of what computer systems had to offer at an affordable rate, emachines also takes care of customer queries through its technical support staff. The customer support looks into three areas, i.e., product support and downloads, product registration and of course, parts and upgrades. It also has a knowledgebase that has answers to most of the problems commonly encountered by the customers. Emachines was purchased by Gateway Computers which in turn was purchased by Acer. However, the company still remains a brand popular for low cost computers.