Emachines W3502

Under the Hood


 * The best measure of how useful a computer will be to you is to look at its internal components. The W3502 includes a 64-bit 3.2 GHz Intel Celeron D Processor 352 which can multitask most programs and is designed to work with Windows XP. Although the Celeron processors are last-generation by the standards of late 2010 (they were phased out to accommodate for the I-series which is optimized for Windows 7), this processor is still good for using simple programs. The W3502 also has an 80 GB hard drive under the hood, which is quite small by standards in 2010. 512 MB of DDR memory comes installed on the computer, though this is upgradeable to 2 GB. If you are planning to install more than a few essential programs on your computer, you will need an external hard drive.

Software


 * The eMachines W3502 comes with Windows XP SP2 pre-installed, and also comes with a suite of pre-installed programs including a trial version of Microsoft Office and Norton Anti-Virus software. The pre-loaded software suite also includes BigFix, which is a patch delivering system that is useful should a program on your computer stop working correctly.

Networking


 * If you are planning to use this computer to connect to the Internet, you should have no problems setting it up as it comes with an Ethernet port for high-speed connections and an internal 56k modem for dial-up connections. The only network method that this computer is not capable of out-of-the box is wireless networking, as the computer does not have a wireless receiver, and an adapter will need to be purchased and installed before the eMachines W3502 can be used for wireless Internet networking.

Physical Specifications


 * The W3502 is 14.25 inches high, 7.25 inches wide and 16 inches deep. It weighs 22.5 pounds.

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