I've wiped that era from my memory. The Bertmeister
On Jan 8, 2013, at 9:07 AM, Jeff Jibson <jeff.jib...@parentlink.net> wrote: > Acer owns them now. I think they only use that name in Europe. > > Before moving back to Utah, 22 years ago, I worked at a computer store that > was an authorized service center for Packard Bell. They refused to pay for > most of it so we dropped them. I am guessing they did that to many others. > > > On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 12:17 PM, Joseph Hall <perlho...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Steve Alligood <st...@betterlinux.com> >> wrote: >>> back in the day, Sears sold these and Compaq computers, with a 4% >> commission on the Compaq and a 12% commission on the Packard Bell. Of >> course, Compaq had a 5% return rate, while Packard Bell had a 25% return >> rate. >>> >>> There were good reasons why they left the US market in 2000. >> >> There are definitely good reasons why PB left the market, and I for >> one don't miss them. But I have heard numerous reports that the few >> notebooks that they released were generally really solid. >> Unfortunately, they weren't really in the notebook market. Let's all >> just be glad they never entered the server market. >> >> -- >> "In order to create, you have to have the willingness, the desire to >> be challenged, to be learning." -- Ferran Adria (speaking at Harvard, >> 2011) >> >> /* >> PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net >> Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug >> Don't fear the penguin. >> */ >> > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
