Packard Bell's New Products Provide Support From the Inside Out; New Packard Bell Showroom Helps Users Maximize Their Packard Bell PC.SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 24, 1998--New PC owners can now put down their manuals and easily help themselves when using their Packard Bell See Packard Bell NEC. PCs. With Monday's introduction of a new full-featured lineup of PCs, Packard Bell offers users the most extensive service and support at their fingertips "Fingertips" is a 1963 number-one hit single recorded live by "Little" Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label. Wonder's first hit single, "Fingertips" was the first live, non-studio recording to reach number-one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States. . Rather than opening a manual or placing a call to technical support, Packard Bell PC users can now go to their local Home Page in the Packard Bell Showroom -- a new and unique interactive guide that teaches users how to utilize the full potential of their PCs, what's installed, and quick and simple instructions on how to use it. This innovative tool, available on select Packard Bell PCs, complements Packard Bell's numerous hardware and software enhancements directly targeted to improve customer satisfaction and support as well as ease-of-use, making Packard Bell systems the moy of exclusive tools to help users get the most out of their online experience, including the newPackard Beld audio self-paced training directly to the deshat's why Packard Bell PCs remain the ideal choice for families who are buying their first computer, and consufacturer to launch a sub-$1,000 Packard Bell brand PC in January 1997. In May 1998, Packard Bell NEC (Packard Bell, The Netherlands, www.packardbell.com) A major PC manufacturer that is the consumer brand of NEC Computers International and the home computing market leader in the U.K. and much of Western Europe. was in ble estimated price of $699. With the addupport package provides support tools that literally back up the PC from the inside out. Packard Bell's exclw EZ Tools provides easy problem resolution. PCs. The new Packard Bell PC line ranges 400MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. Intel Pentium II The successor to the Pentium Pro from Intel. Pentium II refers to the CPU chip or the PC that uses it. Code named "Klamath," the Pentium II was a Pentium Pro with MMX multimedia instructions. processor; 32MB to 64MBare helps users explore their system: CyberTrio, which creates three distinct Windows 98 PC operating environments Almost all x86-based PCs use the Windows operating systems. Windows 3.1 is rarely used today, but many 16-bit Windows 3.1 applications, as well as DOS applications, still run under Windows 98, XP and other 32-bit versions of Windows. for different levels of users; Packard Bell Navigator Packard Bell Navigator was an alternative shell for the Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 operating systems. The shell was designed to be simpler to use for computer novices by representing applications as objects in a virtual home. Assistant, which helps users find their way around their PCs quickly and easily; and CyberCoach interactive tutorials which feature live multimedia "how-to" lessons. Other software titles include Microsoft Word A full-featured word processing program for Windows and the Macintosh from Microsoft. Included in the Microsoft application suite, it is a sophisticated program with rudimentary desktop publishing capabilities that has become the most widely used word processing application on the market. , Microsoft Works An integrated software package for Windows and the Macintosh from Microsoft. It provides file management with relational-like capabilities, word processing, spreadsheet, business graphics and communications capabilities in one package. , Microsoft Encarta 98 Encyclopedia, Intuit Quicken Basic 98, MGI MGI Mouse Genome Informatics MGI Modular Gateway Interface MGI McKinsey Global Institute MGI Military Geographic Information MGI Marine Geological Institute MGI Policy on the Management of Government Information (Canada) PhotoSuite, plus other brand name edutainment, entertainment, finance, graphics, telecommunications and Internet tools. Company Background Based in Sacramento, Calif., privately-held Packard Bell NEC Inc. is the No. 3 supplier of personal computers in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and the No. 5 supplier worldwide according to International Data Corp. The company designs, manufactures and markets a broad range of desktop, notebook and mobile computers and network servers under the Packard Bell, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. and Zenith Data Systems Zenith Data Systems (ZDS) was a division of Zenith founded in 1979 after Zenith acquired Heathkit, who had, at that time, recently entered the personal computer market. Zenith sold personal computers under both the Heath/Zenith and Zenith Data Systems names. brands. Packard Bell NEC's major manufacturing operations are in Sacramento; Fife, Wash.; Angers, France; Sao Paolo, Brazil; and Penang, Malaysia. For more information on Packard Bell NEC, visit www.packardbell.com. -0-
PACKARD BELL PRODUCT LINE-UP
SUMMER 1998
Packard Bell Multimedia 820 Estimated Retail Price: $699
Cyrix MII-300 MMX Enhanced processor, 32 MB memory, 3.2 GB hard
drive, 32X CD-ROM drive and 56 Kbps capable ITU v.90 modem.
Packard Bell Multimedia 830 Estimated Retail Price: $799
Cyrix MII-300 MMX Enhanced processor, 64 MB memory, 4.3 GB
hard drive, 32X CD-ROM drive and 56 Kbps capable ITU v.90 modem.
Packard Bell Multimedia 875 Estimated Retail Price: $899
300MHz Intel Celeron processor with 128 KB of L2 cache, 64 MB
memory, 4.3 GB hard drive, 32X CD-ROM drive, 56 Kbps capable ITU v.90
modem, ATI Rage Turbo AGP graphics and PCI AC97 audio.
Packard Bell Multimedia 925 Estimated Retail Price: $899
Cyrix MII-333 MMX Enhanced processor, 64 MB memory, 4.3 GB hard
drive, 32X CD-ROM drive and 56 Kbps capable ITU v.90 modem and ATI
Rage Turbo AGP graphics.
Packard Bell Multimedia 945 Estimated Retail Price: $999
333MHz Intel Celeron processor with 128 KB of L2 cache, 64 MB
memory, 4.3 GB hard drive, 32X CD-ROM drive, 56 Kbps capable ITU v.90
modem, ATI Rage Turbo AGP graphics and PCI AC97 audio.
Packard Bell Multimedia 950 Estimated Retail Price: $999
Cyrix MII-333 MMX Enhanced processor, 64 MB memory, 6.4 GB
hard drive, 32X CD-ROM drive, 56 Kbps capable ITU v.90 modem, ATI Rage
Turbo AGP graphics, multimedia keyboard and 3D wheel mouse.
Packard Bell Platinum 7800 Estimated Retail Price: $1,399
350MHz Intel Pentium II processor, 64 MB memory with 100 MHz
front side bus, 6.4 GB hard drive, 32X CD-ROM drive, 56 Kbps capable
ITU v.90 modem, multimedia keyboard, 3D wheel mouse, 4 MB Video
memory, ATI Rage Turbo AGP graphics and Advanced PCI audio with 3D
stereo effects.
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