I agree about your comments about PB's but the thing is - there was/is a market for these things because consumers dont want a beige huge tower in their room - they want it all nicely (not) set up - look nice with curves (why do you think the Imacs are popular - for their upgrade potential ?) and be dumbed down for people who dont know anything about them. I know his as a former salesperson of a UK Large Retail group(No names mentioned).
I also always grinned evilly whilst taking customers to the packard bells:>
If you want any serious PC you would know not to buy a packard bell anyway
I know packard bells are crap - In working for a large UK retail group (who i will not mention) ive seen the inside of many retai machines - but in all fairness - a lot of the machines on the market at the moment are very similar - for example compaq presario computers - which have exactly the same problems - unknown video cards, integrated setup, cheap components and wierd cases.
Packard Bell may have died but the problems are still there in the forms of other manufacturers. Towards the end though, Packard bell did start producing more decent machines, Large Tower cases, Intel chips, intel motherboards, voodoo cards and more (admittedly you always had to spend about twice what the computer was actuall worth to get it).
Actually I prefer to code in a darkened room with just my monitors to light it. It allws a clearer view of the code I am writing and also gets rid of any distractions, although I will admit I havent had the figures reflect in perfect accuracy on my face:) ------------------- Ross McNaughton Ross@McNaughton.com -------------------
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Who cares about the source - all I here everyday is about "I want the source, yuk it doesnt have the source, no source bargggggggg" etc...
Sometimes it is nice to get a program that works and you dont have to mess around with - and I would pay for it !
I used to be one of those salesmen - and I enjoyed spinning those types of stories for customers - makes the job more fun if they are gullible :)
I agree about your comments about PB's but the thing is - there was/is a market for these things because consumers dont want a beige huge tower in their room - they want it all nicely (not) set up - look nice with curves (why do you think the Imacs are popular - for their upgrade potential ?) and be dumbed down for people who dont know anything about them. I know his as a former salesperson of a UK Large Retail group(No names mentioned).
:>
I also always grinned evilly whilst taking customers to the packard bells
If you want any serious PC you would know not to buy a packard bell anyway
I know packard bells are crap - In working for a large UK retail group (who i will not mention) ive seen the inside of many retai machines - but in all fairness - a lot of the machines on the market at the moment are very similar - for example compaq presario computers - which have exactly the same problems - unknown video cards, integrated setup, cheap components and wierd cases.
Packard Bell may have died but the problems are still there in the forms of other manufacturers. Towards the end though, Packard bell did start producing more decent machines, Large Tower cases, Intel chips, intel motherboards, voodoo cards and more (admittedly you always had to spend about twice what the computer was actuall worth to get it).
Thats my 2 cents worth
Hmmmmm - 512K of Ram - always wondered why the government websites were so slowww :)
Actually I prefer to code in a darkened room with just my monitors to light it. It allws a clearer view of the code I am writing and also gets rid of any distractions, although I will admit I havent had the figures reflect in perfect accuracy on my face :) ------------------- Ross McNaughton Ross@McNaughton.com -------------------