Mark M. Hoffman wrote: > * Xuan Baldauf <xuan--sensors--2003.12.20 at baldauf.org> [2003-12-21 00:29:00 +0100]: > >>Hello Alex and Mark, >> >>I'm referring to your discussions at >>http://archives.andrew.net.au/lm-sensors/msg01299.html >> >>I have got a new notebook "Mitac 8640m". (The same as in >>http://archives.andrew.net.au/lm-sensors/msg03881.html ) It is based on > > > I re-read that thread and laughed: is your machine really labelled > "Packard Bell"? I can't remember the last time I saw that name on > a computer in the US - at least not since 1995. They had an *awful* > reputation. > > Looks like NEC owns Packard Bell and has been investing in them since 1995. http://www.businessweek.com/1998/02/b3560256.htm
