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- From: Rigor@clever.net (Matt Fox)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Quality of Packard Bell's tech support/customer service
- Date: 30 Mar 1996 08:10:01 GMT
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- In article <4jfn6b$oc4@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com>, DWNT91A@prodigy.com says...
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- > I have owned a Packard Bell Computer for about 2 years now and I do
- >not see what everyone's problem is with Packard Bell. The idea that
- >Packard Bell's are not expandable is simply not true. When I first bought
- >my computer it was a 486SX-33, 4 MB Ram, 210 MB hard drive, 2400 baud
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- hahah.. yes packard bell computers are not expandable. the packard bell
- we have over has:
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- small power supply (100w or something cant remember)
- 3 slots (my 39$ nca case special has 8)
- 2 3/12 drive bays 2 5/14"s my nca case has 2 3/12 external 2 internal
- and 2 5/14"s
- bad tech support.. i think the battery went dead once and we had a
- bitch of a time with tech support asking them how to clip a new
- battery onto the m/b
- and when my mom bought the extended warrenty at the department store
- we had to wait like almost 6 months + for it to be repaired (motherboard
- went kaput)
- the bios is kinda generic also.. all its got is basic settings and like
- 2 or 3 mem settings and thats it. oh yeah and its also got 8250 uarts
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- >modem, and no MM capabilities. Now it's a 486DX4-100, 16 MB Ram, 1.2 GB
- >hard drive, 540 MB hard drive, Quad speed CD-Rom, Wavetable Sound card,
- >and 28.8 modem.
- > I believe that Packard Bell is a wonderful starter computer. It is
- >designed for the beginner. Being designed for a beginner means that it
- >very rarely appeals to the advanced user. It is comparable to buying a
- >Geo Metro and expecting to get a Camaro. It's just unreasonable. By the
- >way, whenever you hear a person who is putting down Packard Bell, ask
- >them if they've ever owned one. More often than not they will say no.
- >They are just repeating what they have heard. I know this from my own
- >experience. When I was looking for a computer, everyone said stay away
- >from Packard Bell. I am very happy that I didn't take that advice.
- > As for the Tech Support, it Sucks. Fortunately, I bought my computer
- >from Sears and I also Bought a Maintenance Agreement. So whenever I have
- >a problem, I call Sears and I'm taken care of immediately and with no
- >hassles. I've even come out ahead (for example, when my Seagate 210 MB
- >hard drive died. The Sears Technician replaced it with a 540 MB hard
- >drive because 210 Mb HD weren't available anymore. At no cost to me.).
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