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Wayne Ernst wrote:
> 
> Now that NEC owns a larger share of Packard Bell,
> I wonder how much of that "Packard Bell Technology"
> we'll see in the NEC line of computers.  I couldn't imagine
> it going the other way with NEC making improvements in
> the design of the Packard Bell systems.  On the realistic
> side of it, Packard Bell owners got just what they paid
> for - I don't mean this in a bad way.  If they dropped $1200
> for a PB system instead of $1700 for a Gateway, they got
> their money's worth - no more, no less.  Also, as other major
> manufacturers struggle to manufacture a PC for under $1,000,
> I'm sure we'll see lots of corners cut in the process.
> 
> Hamid <badiozam@rohan.sdsu.edu> wrote in article
> <01bd18bd$85f2a840$379fbf82@numenor.sdsu.edu>...
> > I have a Packard Bell, and it''s a piece of shit. Packard Bell cuts
> corners
> > like crazy.
> >
> > The video card and motherboard are integrated, the monitor is so round
> that
> > if I look at it sideways I can't see the text at the corner of my screen.
> > It has a "Raiser" card for all the cards that probably has the same bus
> > speed as the ISA ports!!!
> >
> > Their technical support just gives you the run around, their products
> don't
> > last beyond their warranty (unless you get really lucky).
> >
> > Other than that their a pretty good company.
> >
> >       Hamid
> >       (Visit: http://www.comp-info.com)
> >
> > >
> > > Why do so many people hate Packard-Bell PCs? I've never seem one, but
> > > I'm just curious.
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> > > Rob Alexander           Replace nospam with mhairi to reply
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> > >
> > >
> >
Ever try putting extra cards in them? or extra memory? ha! Your worst
nightmare: a packard bell '286 with dos 4.01 and 1 meg of memory.
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