Packard Bell Easynote C3 laptop

Reviewer: Stephen Patrick
Review Date: 17 January 2005
Manufacturer: Packard
Price as reviewed: £600
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6/10

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3/10

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User: andrew137 (profile)
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Date Posted: 11 January 2008
Review: Awful - Please see the 'Cons' section!
Pros: Very clear display, and a strong wireless signal, seeing networks here that no other computer has found.
Cons: Comes preloaded with Vista!! Almost unusably slow out of the box, preloaded with junk software and a non-stop bombardment of error messages and nag screens!

ABSOLUTELY NO XP SUPPORT - Drivers for Windows XP are not available, even on the manufacturers website! I have made a web page available on key21 with the drivers - do google for it.

The worst feature is the touchpad - while I type this the cursor constantly jumps around the screen and clicks out of the text box, meaning that you have to learn to type whilst holding your hands in the air to avoid brushing the touchpad.

Onboard Ethernet controller badly designed - I'm having to plug the cable in 10-15 times over before it sees it and connects.
Score: 3/10
Rating: 6 people have rated this review helpful

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User: Rafael, Auckland, New Zealand
Date Posted: 25 October 2005
Review: Its ok, but the screen has no yellow, so if you want it to work on photos its not that great!
Rating: 8 people have rated this review helpful

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User: Daniel, AUCKLAND, New Zealand
Date Posted: 19 May 2005
Review: This is by far one of the best entry level laptops I have ever used. It was cheap, it comes with a DVD-Writer, a powerful AMD mobile Athlon processor and 256mb of ram.
Rating: 6 people have rated this review helpful

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