Path: utzoo!attcan!lsuc!maccs!cs4g6aw From: cs4g6aw@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Amos Yung) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Who is Packard Bell and why are they making clones? Message-ID: <2555D1F0.6066@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> Date: 6 Nov 89 18:48:15 GMT References: <1153@elmgate.UUCP> <3435@nmtsun.nmt.edu> Reply-To: cs4g6aw@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Amos Yung) Distribution: na Organization: McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario Lines: 20 In article dpm@cs.cmu.edu (David Maynard) writes: >> Well, I don't have a Packard Bell computer, but I did have a Packard >> Bell monitor, and based on my experience with that, I'd say stay away >from them! The monitor was a CGA color monitor, model 1452CG, I >> believe. After having it about 3 months, it suddenly died. .... So, I >> don't know their computers, but their CGA monitor sucks! > Personally, I don't own any Packard Bell products. However, a friend of mine told me that at the University of Toronto Computer Center, which sells Packard Bell computer and peripherals, the failure rate is about ONE out of SIX. Some of them can't even be revived after repair. Sounds pretty scarry to me. So my suggestion wouldbe stay away from this product. However, I also heard that Packard Bell is now one of the best-selling PC clone in Toronto. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- | | ...The stars were taking shape. Forming the ridges | | Amos Yung | of a face. A human face that spanned light years | | McMaster University | distance. |