Packard Bell are back! Get excited
Remember Packard Bell? Back when computers had 8 gig hard-drives, the internet was but a pipe dream, and WordArt was about the best thing you could do on your PC? You do! I’m glad, me too.
Well, the Dutch based company is back as a part of Acer, and with a snazzy new logo and some interesting products to boot.
Most interesting of all is it’s iMax-Mini nettop, which is actually just a revamped Acer Revo. But what it means is you get an Atom processor on nVidia’s ION platform, giving the iMax-Mini significantly more punch than most other nettops.
And because it comes with a motion sensitive game control, Packard Bell are seeing it as, “a rival to the Wii”, however outlandish that might sound. It’ll be available in the UK with a 19-inch-monitor on broadband deals.
Packard also unveiled their high-end EasyNote TR85, a snazzy-ass notebook, featuring an edge-to-edge display, multi-touch trackpad and slot loading optical drive. And at just £599, with a feature-set and styling to make your eyes water, the EasyNote might hit right note with buyers.
And finally, the obligatory netbook: The 10.1 inch dot s and 11.6 inch dot m feature multi-gesture touchpads, Dolby headphones, optional 3G and six-cell batteries, and though they’re hitting a market already saturated market, the fact that they ship with Photoshop Elements 4 pre-installed might shift a few units.
(Via TrustedReviews)
