Breakthrough Prices On New eMachines DVD & CD-RW Based Holiday PCs

Market Wire, 20050229

Continuing to focus on offering consumers the most feature-rich personal computers at attractively affordable prices for the home and small office, eMachines, Inc. (NASDAQ: EEEE), the third largest vendor of desktop PCs sold through U.S. retailers, today announced its new value-priced eTower personal computers for this year's holiday buying season.

"Since introducing our first sub-$500 eTowers only two years ago, over three million PCs have been sold to consumers who have turned to eMachines for an affordable, superior quality product offering them entry-level prices with the technology advancements and features traditionally found in substantially higher priced PCs, plus a convenient Internet experience," said Stephen A. Dukker, president and chief executive officer of eMachines, Inc. "This year has seen unprecedented improvements in CPU performance and hard drive capacity. As a result, eMachines' new value-priced Q4 line up offers the power and capabilities of PCs that cost three times as much only one year ago. By regularly upgrading our product line with more powerful processors and incorporating the current technology that consumers really want, we have opened up the market in the last two years to numerous first-time PC consumers as well as those adding multiple PCs for the home or small office."

Four New eTower Models Feature Power, Affordability, Easy Web Surfing and a Variety of Attractive Technology Options for Both Novice and Experienced PC Users

An ideal gift, the eTower 600is priced at $399 (after a $75 eMachines rebate; free after MSN or CompuServe Internet three-year subscription rebate). This eMachines PC is a complete solution for all basic computing needs, from word processing to Web surfing and games to email. The eTower 600is features an Intel Celeron 600 MHz processor with 128KB L2 cache, 32MB memory, 40x CD-ROM drive, 10GB hard drive, floppy drive, 56 ITU V.90 modem, Intel DirectAGP 3D graphics, Crystal PCI audio, 2 USB ports (one is conveniently located in front along with a game port), audio in and out, microphone in, three expansion slots, eMachines' 19-key Internet eBoard(TM) keyboard, mouse and stereo speakers. Software includes Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, Sun Star Office 5.2 and eMachines' eWare desktop Web surfing assistant.

For the consumer who wants a fully-featured PC with a DVD player, there is the eTower 633ids, priced at $549 (after $50 eMachines rebate; $149 after MSN or CompuServe three-year subscription rebate). The eTower 633ids features an Intel Celeron 633 MHz processor with 128KB L2 cache, 64MB memory, 12x DVD-ROM drive with software decoder, 15GB hard drive, floppy drive, 56 ITU V.90 modem, Intel DirectAGP 3D graphics, Intel 82801 AC'97 PCI audio, 2 USB ports (one is conveniently located in front along with a game port), audio in and out, microphone in, three expansion slots, eMachines' 19-key Internet eBoard(TM) keyboard, mouse and stereo speakers. Software includes Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, Sun Star Office 5.2 and eMachines' eWare desktop Web surfing assistant.

At $649 (after $50 eMachines rebate; $249 after MSN or CompuServe three-year subscription rebate), eMachines' eTower 667ir is the lowest priced, fully-featured CDRW-equipped system on the market--a must for consumers who want to create their own CDs using a powerful PC. Packaged in eMachines' newly-styled gray toned mini tower chassis, the eTower 667ir features an Intel Celeron 667 MHz processor with 128KB L2 cache, 64MB memory, 8x write by 32x read CD-RW drive with CD-RW utility software, a 48x CD-ROM, 15GB hard drive, floppy drive, 56 ITU V.90 modem, Intel DirectAGP 3D graphics, Intel 82801 AC'97 PCI audio, three expansion slots, audio in and out, 2 USB ports (one is conveniently located in front along with a game port), microphone in and head phone jack on front, eMachines' 19-key Internet eBoard(TM) keyboard, mouse and stereo speakers. Software includes Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, Works 2000, Money 2000 and Encarta Online, and eMachines' eWare desktop Web surfing assistant.

The eTower 700irx, priced at $749 (after $50 eMachines rebate; $349 after MSN or CompuServe three-year subscription rebate), is a complete solution for the consumer's most demanding combination of computing needs including CD creation, DVD movies, games and Web surfing. The eTower 700irx features an Intel Celeron 700 MHz processor with 128KB L2 cache, 64MB memory, a combination 4x write by 24x read CD-RW and 4x DVD-ROM drive, 48x CD-ROM, 20GB hard drive, 56 ITU V.90 modem, Intel DirectAGP 3D graphics, Intel 82801 AC'97 PCI audio, three expansion slots, audio in and out, 2 USB ports (one is conveniently located in front along with a game port), microphone in and head phone jack on front, eMachines' 19-key Internet eBoard(TM) keyboard, mouse and stereo speakers. Software includes Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, Works 2000, Money 2000 and Encarta Online, and eMachines' eWare desktop Web surfing assistant.