Packard Bell

balloo_2

Is Packard Bell as a maker any good, my niece wants one in RED the spec seems good on it for her 4GB DDR3 RAM, 640GB HDD,

crazyguy

I use a Packard Bell PC and have no problems with it. It is a HP brand

John_Gray

If I remember correctly, Packard Bell is now a sub-brand of Acer. People have contrasting views of both brands, but are not often very enthusiastic...

crazyguy

I could be wrong but was told by a guy who works at Misco that Packard Bell is now owned by HP ?

John_Gray

I suspect Misco-man is wrong. See The Acer Group's FAQ...

Inner_Zone

Defiantly an Acer brand now. Did not have a good reputation before and Acer never had a good one anyway.

http://www.packardbell.co.uk/pb/en/GB/content/company

In 2008, Packard Bell was acquired by Taiwan-based Acer Inc. and the combined entities now comprise the third-largest PC Company in the world.

crazyguy

Thats good as I hate HP there after sales care is the worst in the world !

balloo_2

Thank you techie people I think i will tell her to pass on that. My Brother was going to order a Toshiba Satellite C60-195 but the guy on the phone said that there was a crap webcam on them.. But thanks again

Fifer

Packard Bell necer had any association with Hewlett Packard. They always have been two different companies, albeit with similar names. As John states above, they are now a subsidiary of Acer (as I believe are E-machines). PB and E-machines both had fairly chequered pasts, but as subsidiaries of the world's (or one of the world's - it varies) biggest PC manufacturers, I think they're a reasonable bet now. Mid-market, mid-quality-ish I suppose.

John_Gray

That Toshiba C660-195 has a VGA webcam ==> 640 x 480 ==> 0.3 megapixels. This is not 'crap', but not very high resolution. You can always buy a better external one for £10-£50!

(Amazing how few people have read that Wikipedia article!)