I wish i had running lights to use the "thing" in the dark. it is the one gripe i have...i want more cool lights to make my laptop cooler....more matrix-esque. I looked at a compaq that had REALLY COOL lights on the face of the keyboard and it was super cool but it didnt have what i wanted so i didnt buy it...anyway...
read the comments from the last post and stop this android charade you have going! Stop pretending you are in Rhode Island it is just a matter of time before the world finds out your dark secret.

Brill lapper. :p

My P266MMX laptop served me well for a few years before I got a K6-2/500 which was average til 2002 when I sold it and got my 1.3 Duron. :)

i also wish i had a widescreen like Jake does. It looks really cool in the picture. I think these emachines must be the best value on the market to date for mobile computing solutions. You can always run it dual boot Jake....my friend Jed had a Dell that he would run Linux on and it worked well as a dual boot machine so it is something you may want to consider in the future. I really liked thier "x-windows" and the Gimp as well.
I am just glad that you are free from the tyranny of the desktop.

Too bad you wont be going to the concert by the way. I am going because the tickets are only 42.00 apiece. If you change your mind let me know.

looks very cool :) sounds even cooler ;) (is that a word?? lol)

I was trying to find this notebook computer at Best Buy, but they don't carry it. The best deals that I am seeing at this moment are Circuit City offering a $100 rebate. What state do you live in? Do you know of anywhere else that I could get it for cheaper????

Your right it was Circut City. I also looked at Best Buy but they only had this at Circut City. I changed it. Sorry about that. I am in Washington State. I don't know of any places where you would get it cheeper.

Does anyone know what resolutions this laptop can offer when hooked up to a monitor?

I am note sure because I do not have a monitor to test it out but I believe that it can do any resolution from 640X480 up to what ever resolution the monitor can handle. Since it uses shared DDR memory it has a lot of memory to pull from but it is not as fast as dedicated memory for games

you can find this laptop at costco

I've loaded it dual-boot with RedHat 9 with mixed results as documented on my "name click" URL.

You can buy this emachine at Ebay for about $200-$300 cheeper. We currently have it in stock for $1000 brand new

I just got my refund check in the mail so this only cost me $ 1,000. I am skeptical on buying computer equipment on Ebay. I have read about too many scams to spend over a hundred bucks on any item on Ebay.

Can only get half my games to work on emachine laptop .... they all work on my toshiba P4 .... any suggestions?

What do you mean not work? Are they crashing or not running at a decent frame rate?

Best Buy just started selling the M5305 for $1199. I got mine for $950 after a $100 best buy rebate and a $150 emachines rebate. For the price you can't beat all you get. I am not a hardcore gamer so any shortcommings in the graphics card and 1.8 processer are not affecting me. The screen is the best I've ever without spending $2000+. I just hope it will be a reliable machine. Very happy so far.

Best Buy just started selling the M5305 for $1199. I got mine for $950 after a $100 best buy rebate and a $150 emachines rebate. For the price you can't beat all you get. I am not a hardcore gamer so any shortcommings in the graphics card and 1.8 processer are not affecting me. The screen is the best I've ever without spending $2000+. I just hope it will be a reliable machine. Very happy so far.

Best Buy has it now for $1,000 with a $150 rebate, so $850 final price. I shall be picking mine up today.

Just purchased a M5310...it is awesome!!!! any other comments???

Hey, everyone zip over and eyeball the Sotec Afina white-version of the eMachines M5xxx series with DVD-RW burner & TV Tuner built-in!

Talk about getting a stripped down laptop for the US models!

Write eMachines today and ask them for a 'White' Xmas!!! =)

Interesting. They are asking about $1,700 for it before tax and there is half the RAM, a larger Hard Drive and No Wifi. I could get an external DVD burner using USB 2 if I wanted to and get a USB2 based video system but that is interesting to see a customised version. I Know that eMachines does sell PCs in Japan so it would be intersting to know how they relate to this company. I do love Japanese notebook PCs.

I could not DISAGREE with the good review more. This laptop is badly flawed. The battery housing is prone to accidental ejection of the battery, the keyboard has an awchward layout, the computer gets real hot, the touch pad gets actuated with the slightest pressure on the front panel where you rest your wrist...

DO NOT BUY THIS COMPUTER UNLESS YOU CAN'T AFFORD ONE FROM MORE ESTABLISHED MANUFACTURERS

The battery has never dropped out on me, I have no problem typing on the keyboard, It does not get hot when it is running on battery but it is nowhere near as hot as a P4 laptop. I actually know how to use a notebook with a track pad so it is not a problem with me.

Emachines is the third largest PC maker in the US and Gateway is trying to buy them.

I would still get an Emachines notebook and I will again in the future.

Great review! I am going to be buying the eMachine M5312 model. I will be using it for manipulating photos and MP3 storage!

A warning for linux users:
HEAT PROBLEMS DURING LONG COMPILES!

I have gentoo on my m5305 with almost everything working (minus power management and suspend/sleep). I have been using it for about 6 months now, and I have one major gripe:
When compiling large CPU-optimized pieces of code, the HD and CPU produce enough heat to flat out shut the system down! I can not compile an optimized version ov gcc3.3.3 or recompile xfree86 to take advantage of the CPU. If you ever looked at th heat sink, you will laugh. They should have some vents on the left wrist-rest area to air out the harddrive, also. I would have put swaped the locations of the HD and cdrw, put the power and svid on the side, and added another fan in the back. Anyone else experience these types of issues?

I have not had overheating issues with this notebook. The notebook is not designed to run Linux. It can but it is not tested and Linux might not take full advantage of the mobile AMD Athlon.

I just ordered a M5312 and I'm really looking foward to be free of the desk (I have a 2.8 P4 desktop) and being wireless. I would be lying if I wasn't somewhat worried about the build quality and reliability of an emachines PC...but I'm open to new ideas. Duel boot with XP/Linux is the way to go.

I have found eMachines to be very reliable. I have used them four four years straight and have never had a major problem.

I also am having huge heat problems with this machine. But I'm not doing anything as complex as compiling code -- just routine home computer use. It cuts out on me all the time. Real problem.

Anybody have any ideas about how to cope? Or is it time to junk the thing and switch to Apple?

Are you talking about crashing or it locking up? You should use it in a normal average heated room and not cover the air fan port. If you do it will overheat and shut down.

I finally found a easy fix for the heat shut down problem. If you're past warranty (which is likely when the heat sink really becomes a problem) Just blow out the dust. I read this somewhere else. The guy advised once weekly. You might have to open the thing up and get in there. After having shut downs that progressively got worse (15m of just running word) it hasn't shut down yet. Given I haven't run a biggassed game on it but have done as close as I could. (DVD, and any silly program I could start up)
It's not a total fix, but will due until I find where the get the replacement heatsink/fan

Interesting article and posts. I just ordered a refurb'd M5312 with extra 1yr warranty, so i'm looking forward to it.

To the guy or anyone asking about Powerbooks, all I can say is if you're used to Windows and expect that type of experience, then save your money. However, if you really wanna see what happens when you engineer a product, not just for technical excellence, but for asthetic excellence as well, then get a Mac. I've had two Tibooks so far and got quite a few family and friends to get them and they are all very happy. My latest Tibook is the best computer I've ever owned and I've had all kinds of different machines over the years.

That said, I'm a developer and I miss Linux. I've been using it since '96 and there's just something about it that I love. I love my Mac, but miss the Linux box. So the M5312 should be a great laptop for it. Sure, compiling kernel's is gonna make it hot, but that's Athlon's for ya - they're a hot cpu. And honestly, Gentoo pre-compiled kernels are pretty good. I used to hotrod my Gentoo installs and tweak them to the max. But after a while it just took too long (hours sometimes for xfree) and they borderlined on being somewhat unstable. When I backed out to the pre-compiled kernel & base packages (which they optimize already) then I had a pretty good combo.

Like I said, I'm looking forward to my 5312 running Linux (I'll maybe dual boot w/XP, but the home version that comes w/it is pretty weak) and for anyone else looking, believe me, I spent *a lot* of time looking and the emachines laptops are the best price/performace machines out there. Second on my list of x86 laptops would prob be Fujitsu.

I've had mine for nearly seven months, seems to work just fine with the exception of overheating and certain combinations of floating point operations. The heat issue kicks in if you are doing long term hard drive operations or cpu intensive operations. I tend to prop my laptop off of desk to give it some extra air cooling surface. Taking it apart regularly may not be such a good idea since laptop screws are designed to be a little tighter thathe holes, some even self tap (carve into the plastic). When you constantly remove and add them they will become loose on just normal wear. Vacuuming out the cooling fan helps a ton. Also when putting linux on, you can easily shrink the NTFS partition and put on Red Hat, but apparently there are some customizations to get it running fully: http://home.nc.rr.com/mitchel/Linux-on-the-eMachines-M5305.html On the flip side there is a great tool at http://www.sysresccd.org that will boot from CD and works perfectly with the hardware, including ethernet.

Just a note
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i have a m5305.and i hate it.i had to send it back the first month i had it because the mother board went out.it DOSE heat up big time.it locks up and cuts out all the time.iv sent it in 3 times.customer service is terrible to deal with.alot of attitudes and no call backs.the battery only held an hour not pluged in from day one.the cd plays when it wants to.the battery is ALWAYS falling out.emachine costomer rep told me it was a major problem with the battery and they changed it the next model.needless to say i hate my emachine laptop and would never own another.i dont do anything big on it.just use to email freinds and famialy.it does have a good clear monitor.other then that i havent anything else good to say about it.i would and do tell everyone i know not to buy one.

I have the emachine M5310 and am completely frustrated with it. The machine works GREAT until it overheats and shuts the computer down at the worst possible times. There is only 1 fan on the entire laptop and it is not nearlt adequate to dissapate the heat produced by the AMD processor that typically runs hotter than intel. I had to pull the CD Rom out and blow a fan directly into the hole to keep it from shutting down in my lap. I've recently thought about getting a cooling pad for it and seeing if that helps. I love the computer when it runs but am getting intolerant of it's increasing failure.