14 Feb
2013
14 Feb
'13
10:38 a.m.
Packard Bell was also too late (1986)
They bought the name from Teledyne, and otherwise had no relation to the
respected original Packard Bell company (which dates from the 1920s)
Packard Bell's sales were ALL due to unsavvy consumers assuming an
affiliation with the original radio company, Hewlett-Packard, Bell Labs,
Bell aircraft, etc.
"An excellent name, on a crappy company."
PCWorld claimed that Packard Bell was the worst of all time.
So, who WERE the worst EARLY clones?
There WERE much worse machines than Sanyo. (which suffered more from
incompatability than quality)
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com