Packard Bell was like Dell or HP in 1995, 96, something like that. If you walked into an office supply store or department store at that time they always had those cheap PB machines. A lot of people bought them but they have been out of the business (at least in the US) for awhile now. Dell, HP, and Compaq ate them up I guess. I never liked their computers... They were always cheaply built and hard to work on.
Looks like they are still in business in Europe and other parts of the world. www.packardbell.com
I haven't seen them in the USA for a long time, thank you.