if you build one yourself you would get it cheaper than $588.
i build an amd 1.8ghz, asus nforce deluxe mobo, 512mb crucial ram, 80 gig hdd, ati 8500 all in wonder, 16x artec dvd, 48x liteon cdrw, Logitech elite duo and Antec 1080AMG Plus case for around $500 two month ago for a friend.
I don't like emachines cuz you can't upgrade those pcs and allmost all components are low quality. I have two friends who have emachines and both have no name hdd, memory, mini no name motherboard, special ide controller (each can only have one drive so you can only install a total of two drives instead of four) and special size power supply (you can't replace it with a standard atx power supply).
if you can't build a pc yourself pay a little more and get a dell or hp (I don't like their mini cases but they have amd cpus and great support)/compaq .
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