The eOne ia an all-in-one type computer that is, it's a CPU and Monitor all in one unit, like an iMac. It was actually designed on purpose to look like an iMac. As I understand it the company who manufactured it lost a lawsuit to Apple for the design. I bought mine at a yard sale for $5.00, lasted about 2 weeks.
It was blue and white machine with a built in 15" monitor. It also had a built-in CD-ROM and floppy drive. This model was a 433mhz system with 64mb RAM.
See my pics:
And this is an iMac, "Courtesy of Apple Computer, Inc.", Photographer: Terry Hefferman
And that's why I bought it. I've never used or for that matter seen any Apple computer in real life - except for pictures, and videos, so on.... :-).
That's why I bought it. I didn't pay attention to the name. Until I got home. eOne it was called. A Windows computer, Win98 to be exact. Little bit disappointed, but still not to bad a system for $5.
So I decided to do a bit of upgrading. First the operating system. Win98 to WinXP. The low memory worried me a little but for years I had WinXP on a P2-266mhz system with just 64mb RAM - so all I had to do was install WinXP SP1, with a few critical patches and cut out some of the Windows bloat using XPLITE - http://www.litepc.com/xplite.html
Worked like a charm except for one minor problem, I couldn't get the ethernet adapter to set up. The drivers would not install. Even after scanning the internet and downloading various drivers, it would not set up. And no ethernet adapter meant No Network and No Internet...Not Acceptable!!
So I dicided to downgrade, got rid of WinXp and install WinME instead of Win98. Then I had no problem setting up the Network and Internet.
Normally, I would of just switched out the old ethernet adapter for another but the design of this computer wouldn't allow it. The only upgrade option was through the two PCMCIA slots. This meant trying to hunt down and pay...what?...for a suitable card...for a $5 computer...downgrading was cheaper.
After installing WinME, I discovered another problem. Finding an Antivirus that would still work on such an old system. Most companies have already dropped support for it. I did find one called Clamwin - http://www.clamwin.com/
The problem with this program, as their website states, "Please note that ClamWin Free Antivirus does not include an on-access real-time scanner. You need to manually scan a file in order to detect a virus or spyware.".
That is, if you download a program and it has a virus in it, when you double-click on it to install the program, an anti-virus program with a real-time scanner would detect the virus and warn you of its presence. With Clamwim, you would have to get in the habit of right-clicking on each download before trying to run or open them and chose the option to scan with Clamwin. Otherwise, if you open a file without scanning first, you get no warning from Clamwin
Everything worked fine after that for about 2 weeks, then the hard drive keep crashing. It wasn't a software issue but a hardware one. I tried to replace the hard drive but I couldn't get it out from the case, which I ruined trying to get it open.
From now on I think I will stick to Standard Computers and Cases.
A compact little computer, looks cool, but it gives new meaning to being a UPGRADERS NIGHTMARE!!!