Walmart $298 laptop

[David Mikulec]

We used to call them Packard Hell whenever we'd see one coming into the shop for repair (which was often).

There's a name I haven't heard in awhile! Packard Bell computers were the junk standard of the mid 90s

 

[Jason Bolt]

No computer dork speak here, I don't know all that stuff. I do know that I got my wife's laptop at BestBuy for $398. I totally hate best buy customer service and absolutely refused for the "Geek Squad" to even open the box, but it was a smokin fast Toshiba laptop for 400 bucks. I would be heading that way if I needed a new one. Not Wally World.

 

[James Siler]

Wow, Packard Bell. Those were the first 2 pc's my parents owned. The first one wasn't able to get on the internet and the second one was an equal piece if junk but was able to get online. I have never heard anything good about emachines. My thoughts are you get what you pay for.

 

[Rob Wadsworth]

Emachines used to build their PC's with ASUS motherboards. If this laptop is using the same brand of motherboard, it just might be OK. I believe that is the key.
Decent MoBo = solid foundation...

 

[Jim Saueressig]

I grabbed one a bit ago at Walmart $298 because the price was good, I never liked an emachines computer as they were sold but they did better if you added enough memory to actually run them. They appear to be made by Acer now?? Hopefully this 64 bit works better than Acer 64 bit Vista machines did.

 

[MatthewCarman]

Packard Bells are classics. I used to have one myself. I used to use a Comodore 64 aswell. That makes me feel old.

 

[David Mikulec]

Wanna feel older? Now those 64's are collectors items.

I've still got a lot of my old Amiga and MAC hardware, squirreled away in storage.

Packard Bells are classics. I used to have one myself. I used to use a Comodore 64 aswell. That makes me feel old.

 

[Jim Saueressig]

So far I am impressed with it's speed. I was thinking it might be doggy but its pretty snappy. I am using it while I redo my main computer as my Windows 7 expired on it.

 

[Josh VonFeldt]

So far I am impressed with it's speed. I was thinking it might be doggy but its pretty snappy. I am using it while I redo my main computer as my Windows 7 expired on it.

Mine should be getting here in the next couple days so I'm glad to hear you like yours so far.