current high powered games. The newest Integrated Graphics, GMA 900 (Intel Graphics Media Accelerator), is greatly improved over the "Intel Extreme Graphics 2, Intel Extreme Graphics, and Intel Integrated Graphics.
It offers sufficient performance such as office work & applications, word processing, spreadsheets, web browsing, and the like. However, as mentioned above, not exactly recommended for high end gaming. Also, it may be limited where HD Video playback is concerned.
I almost always suggest to someone getting a computer to get one that has at least an AGP slot to upgrade their graphics if they happen to get a computer with integrated graphics. The companies selling without an AGP slot will most likely not mention that aspect and in many cases avoid the graphics completely in their advertisements. These companies are saving aprx $60 by buying mobo/chipsets without AGP (or PCI-Express x16). And if they pay a little more & get a mobo with integrated graphics and an AGP slot, will not pay the extra $ to put in a AGP Video card...such is the business of making a dollar off the low priced computers.
Applications such as Word, PowerPoint, Photoshop or Acrobat won't run any faster on a bleeding-edge high-end card than on a mainstream offering.
Reason I strongly recommend an AGP or PCI-Express x16 capability, is that even when someone says "I'm not a gamer" so, this cheapo computer is fine, they later may realize that 'junior' is growing up and say "Dad, why can't I play Doom3 on your computer. Then again, like me, I was in my late 60's before a nephew showed me a game he was playing, and I said WOW, I gotta get a game like that for me & the grandkids, it looks like fun.
Thanks for the comments Dogberry.
Has anyone had any experience with the T5026, which just came out? It comes with DDR RAM (PC 2700) - do you know if it can it accept DDR2 RAM? Can you swap out the video card?
Has anyone had experiences (good or bad) with eMachines support?

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