i can tell you now the throw away age is really here. my sister bought an emachine pc about 2 years ago. she had it loaded with many extras. after 2 years of general use (not alot of hours) it all of a sudden comes up with an error message saying display adapter not responding toook it back to the store she purchased it at best buy we talked to thier geek squad to find out mother board is no good. we asked how much to replace it they said 200.00 because they are hard to find the computer was only 499.00. i called emachines they said buy a new computer.throw away a new computer every 2 years @500.00...