Packard Bell

Newest Review: ... by turning the thing off. On the plus side though, largely thanks to my father and many hours of patience it is still going, infact I'm writing this review on it now, though in all honesty I could not sit here and recommend this to you. I can't remember the number of times I've left this thing at home and gone to the library instead rain or shine, because it's either been broken, has jammed up, or was nearly on fire. It's great if you want a cheap first-buy machine, because unlike other laptops it won't cost you as much. But also unlike other laptops, it will cost you to keep it alive.... more

More other in Misc Systems

Read Reviews for Packard Bell

Packard Bell: Recommendation: Buy a PC and a wheelbarrow instead. (541 words)
by Steven Barnes - written on 20/03/08
Rating:

I have to say, first off, that Packard Bell computers are one of the worst varity I have ever come across. I hope in my case I have bought a one-off, but from reading other reviews I'm disappointed that I may not... I bought my Packard Bell EasyNote D5710 just a little over a year ago, and was impressed with the brilliantly clear widescreen, the large mousepad bigger than most other laptops, and of course being a student the very impressive price. However this laptop is riddled to the core with problems, as I will explain... 3 weeks after the one-year manufacturer's warranty ended, the hard drive failed with no apparent cause, not that I'm ... Read the complete review

Express Review on Packard Bell
by Peter - written on 17/09/07
Rating:

Why does the fan on my Packard Bell desktop computer sound so noisy and keeps surging. If there was an office full of their hard drives the workers would be on strike.

Packard Bell: iconnect and what you can do to it (215 words)
by mike - written on 05/10/06
Rating:

I own a packard bell i connect i cannot tell you which version it is it was a second hand one going to the skip i find nothing wrong with these computers. i have always wanted my own computer so i could play around with the inside of it. it has a dual layer dvd wrighter on it. 56x cdr wright aswell 80 gig hard drive (when installed). windows xp sp2, a too bigger fan that dosent fit on the heat sink so i glued it on works great thow and looks good defently keep the processor at about 40 degrees. and lights up currently into modding so i cut holds out and put glass in im really happy it looks great. about 300 mb of ram. intel celeron processor not the fastest but it ... Read the complete review

Packard Bell After Sales Service Stinks! (232 words)
by - written on 31/08/06 (Useful, 584 readings)
Rating:

I thought I was buying a good brand, after all Packard Bell are a well known company. I bought an Easynote laptop 15 months ago, which already had Windows XP loaded. After repeated problems I tried to revert to the factory settings only to find the original XP files were corrupted. I'm not implying that this was PB's fault, but they do not seem to care about their customers once they have your money. After writing to Packard Bell they wrote telling me I could BUY the disks from them via email. (Surely they should provide an OEM copy, but they don't even provide a reboot disk, you have to make your own.) I tried to email and got my ... Read the complete review

Packard Bell: Do NOT Reccoment (229 words)
by - written on 23/08/06 (Somewhat useful, 677 readings)
Rating:

I have had 2 packard bell pcs i will explain. About 10 years ago i purchased a windows 95 packard bell pc. It was great had great childrens software all in all great family computer for us at a genorous £1300. When it came to 2000 it was bearly unrunnable 15 mb of memory even when all intalled software had been removed strange but any way. I got a new pc but not a packard bell. Later on i decided to uprdae from 98 to xp i went to pc world no none there then went to curries next door. Because the previous packard bell computer was good i trusted them and favored them to other companys. Found what looked like a great good looking pc with flat manel ... Read the complete review