Driven to hieroglyphics

Advantages: Easy to use
Disadvantages: Poorly set up

...Computer rage is half what I expected, I was so unsure of this purchase. I had scoured the shops and not found anything that really caught my eye until I found the Packard Bell iPower 1475. After satisfying myself that all was in order I purchased this machine and set of home. I had bought a Packard Bell years ago and had been sold a complete pup, this time though I was better prepared and knew what I was buying, however the nearer I got to home the worse I felt. Do you ever get that sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach, in your head voices say have I done the wrong thing, can I take it back, what shall I do. I did nothing except take it home. Fortifying myself with a bottle of my favourite brew I unpacked the machine, removed my old machine and installed it for the kids and then set about setting up the new one, which was...

Bigbaz 18.07.2001 (11.06.2005) · Read review
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Review of Packard Bell IPower 1475

Xtreme Pain

Advantages: Good user interface
Disadvantages: Freezes, crashes

.... Norton virus scan refused to work, a new compatible version was required, bang went another £35. My webcam died, but was exchanged as it was purchased specifically with the XP upgrade in mind. Great difficulty was found in sending email although collecting it was no problem, at first I thought it was a problem with my ISP but later discovered that a small change to my modem settings was required. The biggest problem though lay with my system a Packard Bell iPower. When purchased the system had preinstalled software which had to be written to cd rooms which I did. However to take a program of the discs and reinstall it required the use of a small program called smart restore. This program was corrupted during the upgrade and now does not work, it is dead, it is no more, it is useless. Despite many attempts for support via Packard Bell and PC...

Bigbaz 17.11.2001 · Read review
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Vroom has what you need and more

Advantages: Still has everything you could ask for in a PC
Disadvantages: Already superceded

...Last year was a very bad year for me and computers, I went through three bad computers before ending up with the Packard Bell 9100 ixtreme. This model has: Intel Pentium III 800MHz CPU 30 Gb UDMA 5400 Hard Drive nVidia GeForce 2NV11x2 AGP Graphics Card CR-Writer 8x4x32 CD-ROM DVD 12x A762 17-inch CRT Monitor Video RAM 32Mb SDRAM Sound Blaster Live 1024 Sound Card 128Mb RAM keyboard ActivBoard USB 3D ActivMouse USB Haupauge TV Card TV Out 4 USB Ports 2 at the rear and 2 at the front FireWire connection for Digital camcorders Windows ME The computer was bought from PC world, and as I said in my report about PC World. It wasn't long before the ixtreme 9200 with an Intel Pentium III 1GHz CPU and 40Gb HDD came out. Packard Bell are still selling both these models, but PC World have moved onto the ipower with either...

himmelblau 09.04.2001 · Read review
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