Gottfried, My recent eMachine buy has left me dumb-founded, amazed and awe-struck, not so much the low price of $498, but I feel I got a super pc that only has my internet connection still in the horse & buggy era. My monitor is fast fast fast to change screen views. My CPU is as fast as a Terminator :o)
Mabye tc, Bruce and others can comment on what the list summary I placed below from the URL you posted to remark on the strengths and extra strengths these values give. I'am sure those needing more like 2 or more monitors might not be able to choose from this list unless the box allows additional boards to be added.
$639 AMD Athlon XP 3000+ 512MB DDR RAM 120 GB Hard Drive CD-RW & DVD-ROM 9-in-1 digital media card reader HP Image Zone software
$699 AMD Athlon XP 3000+ 512MB DDR RAM 160GB hard drive DVD+RW DVD Writer & CD-ROM Drives 9-in-1 Card Reader 10/100 Ethernet
$729 AMD Athlon XP 3200+ 512MB DDR RAM 160 GB Hard Drive DVD+RW DVD Writer & CD-ROM NVidia GeForce4 MX 64MB graphics HP Image Zone software
$779 AMD Athlon XP 3200+ 512MB DDR RAM 160 GB Hard Drive DVD+RW DVD Writer & CD-ROM HP Image Zone software
$1019 AMD Athlon 64 3200+ with Hyper Transport 512MB DDR RAM 200 GB Hard Drive DVD+RW DVD Writer Drive HP Image Zone Plus software
Note: All below have 15-in LCD Monitor ====================================== $1179 Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz with Hyper Threading 512MB DDR RAM 120GB hard drive Multi format DVD +-RW & CD-ROM Drives Click to DVD Software
$1699 Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz CPU with Hyper Threading 512MB DDR RAM 160GB hard drive Multi format DVD +/- RW Drive Click to DVD software