Wild Things

July, 1999

Computers are becoming as inexpensive as VCRs--and the price to beat is $500. Sure, you have to make a few sacrifices to cut this kind of deal. Most $500 computers are made by obscure companies (potentially risky) and they aren't the speediest systems on the planet. But the machines have enough muscle to do what matters--that is, run games and business software, and get you onto the Net. Witness eMachine's eTower 300k. This $500 PC offers a 333-megahertz processor, 32 megs of RAM, 2.1 gigs of st...