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In article <44d6j1$p...@olympus.net>,
   bshe...@olympus.net (Bev n Ken Shelton) wrote:
>jmf...@unity.ncsu.edu (John Michael Felts) wrote:
>>..ms-windows.nt.setup.hardware:
>>Followup-To: 
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e.video,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.ga
mes,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardw
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>>
>>s.ms-windows.nt.setup.hardware:
>>References: 
<seanpry-1809...@seanpry.clark.net> 
<43ot9d$4...@s1.GANet.NET> <43qf8v$h...@Vir.com>
>>Organization: North Carolina State University
>>Distribution:
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>>JH (jo...@vir.com) wrote:
>>: Jim Cutlip <j...@GANet.NET> wrote:
>>
>>
>>: >Everybody rags on them pretty bad, but Packard Bell 
has a lot of systems
>>: >that would fit your requirements. About the only 
thing that I would be
>>: >concerned and careful about is to check the amount 
of cache that comes
>>: >with the system. Also, pay attention to the video 
card. Other than that,
>>: >I would recommend a PB to about anybody.
>>
>>
>>: 	Spoken like a true PB public relations man.   
And if you aren't
>>: working for them already, I hope your resume is in 
the mail.  God
>>: knows no one else would recommend that junk.
>>
>>
>>: 					Joe Hachem
>>
>>
>>Packard Bell's are actually pretty good computers.  
The one thing that
>>you need to watch out for when buying a Packard Bell 
(or any computer in
>>general) is to make sure that the price of the 
computer includes the
>>monitor, or at least factor that into the price of the 
computer.  I know
>>that Packard Bell did not include monitor's in their 
prices a few years
>>ago, but sold them as an add-on.  Many companies do 
this now.  Also, the
>>Packard Bell technical support staff tends to be VERY 
bad.  Packard Bells
>>are good computers, as long as you don't need any help 
with them...
>>that's my two cents anyway.
>>
>>Mike Felts
>>jmf...@eos.ncsu.edu
>
>Some of the local superstores have been selling Packard 
Bells in a package with monitors with a
>39 dot pitch screen.  Tough on the eyes.  You'll 
probably junk this one soon.
Inspite to the other warnings here, Packard Bell 
computers may be quite good for the average home user.  
The trouble really begins if you want to modify or 
change anything.  Packard Bell frequently uses 
proprietary parts and configurations which make it 
difficult or impossible to up grade or asdd peripherals.

And the warning about .39 monitors applies to many 
discount vendors and is not limited to P-B.   Watch out 
for these at any "retail" outlet..expecially on 
prepackaged deals where you may not be able to 
substitute without a significant upgrade cost.
Len


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