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>> Hi, I'm Joseph Kaminski, Lab Tech for CNET.com and today we're looking at the eMachines T5254. As you can see it's a pretty simple looking machine, but what's really great is also simple in price and you got a decent bank for your bought. As you can see the media card reader is on the front, as well as the three USB ports and a DVD CD-RW. On the back you will find the usual suspects as well as 4 USB ports. As you can see, it's pretty clean inside. You'll also notice underneath the cable you will see the fan for the AMD Athlon BE-2350 Processor, as well as a 320 Gig hard drive and also you'll notice there's a little space to grow inside as well. It should be pretty easy to upgrade. If you want a decent performance system for a decent price, that's also good to the environment, this is the machine for you. I'm Joseph Kaminski for CNET.com and we just looked at the eMachines T5254.
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