For what it's worth I just retired my first E-machine pc that I bought in 1998. It's still running and has been acting as my dedicated firewall for the last couple of years. The second one I bought is still acting as my e-mail hub and is going strong running an older version of red hat.

E-machines can be just fine. I've also got a mini that has already caused me more problems than the e-machine ever did. OS "upgrades" that knock out the firewire ports and skrog the NFS mounting are not cool. Face it fan boys of all stripes, all computers basicly suck. ;-)

Dad uses e-machines, and the only problem he's had is the power supply failing after pretty much a year of continuous use (ie, the thing only turns off during power failures).

This has happened a few times, but I gotta say, it's his fault, not the computer's.

Jakob, I did not intend to single-out "e-machines." Only the quest for cheapness.
And no, I was not recommending the Mac Mini. I have not really heard much good about it.