DVD drives still vanish under certain conditions in Windows. Not an Emachines exclusive. Also, stutter during playback is a widespread XP issue. Not an exclusive. Said drives also have a less than few year lifespan. Again, not an exclusive to Emachines with no plans to make 5 year DVD drives.
Far too many do not know that hard disks are temporary 5 year designs.
Add in the new spyware plague and you may want to try a Macintosh.
I have not heard or read such to make me think this is a exclusive problem with this model.
Bob
I read some time ago in this forum that some users of EMachine's T6212 were having HD and DVD related issues to deal with.
I read a post in this forum last night that someone else was having DVD problems with their recently purchased EMachine T6212.
Does anyone in this forum know if EMachine has corrected those problems on it's T6212 and have newer models been released for sale with those problems corrected?
I'd like to know and would probably buy one if I would know how to tell the difference between the older model T6212's which have the HD and DVD problems and the newer models which supposedly would not.
How would I be able to tell the difference between the 2 sets of model? Would there be a production date stamped somewhere on the computer that would let me know if I was purchasing a newer machine with the problems corrected or an older machine with the problems still on board?
Big Steve
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