Packard Bell Quality

Packard Bell has had its share of bad publicity... Most of it is due to their slow performance and "supposed" incompatability. The slow performance is definitely real, why... I couldn't tell you. Their benchmarks just always fall behind the competitors year after year. The compatability issue is mostly rumors spread out of control. When it comes to compatability on PC's all manufacturers must comply to the same standards. However, working with Packard Bell's all day I tend to see a trend of "problem" models. When I say models I am referring to the Motherboard style, or MBI. This is not the model number on the front of the case. The motherboard style is listed in the system credentials sheet packaged with the computer. Motherboards are classified in "families," for example if your system credentials say you have a 685 motherboard then it is classified the same as 680 motherboards.

Here are some of the Motherboards that have many known issues (problems that packard bell is aware of but will not tell you unless they are trapped in a corner and cannot think of a way to make it sound like it's not their fault):