22 Jun
2002
22 Jun
'02
8:51 p.m.
Only thing I ever did with Packard Bells was fill the
dumpster. I'd
keep from spending any money on it, and keep it around for the CD and HD
and other goodies inside. $1.99 is about all I'd pay for the computer;
the ancillary hardware is worth far more in another machine. What PB was
to computers, Yugo was to cars.
Being a little hard on Yugo there, aren't we :)? The thing I remember most
about Packard Bell was that a friend of my wife's bought one (without asking
my advice), needed some help, and it had tamper resistant seals over the
edges that asserted a voided warranty if the case was opened. My thoughts
were along the lines of "how dare they?"