The processor incorporates a graphics accelerator, audio subsystem, PCI interface, and memory controller all on-chip. The 2200, like its predecessor, is black from desktop chassis to monitor. The system, though certainly well conceived and assembled, does not perform at a level that its clock speed might suggest. The AGI Custom from Everex is not as handsome nor as carefully designed. The keyboard connects to the unit via an older DIN connector, and the mouse plugs into one of two off-board serial ports.
Colors are watery, and images are blurred.
Everex's software bundle includes Microsoft Works, Money, Encarta, and NetMeeting. Packard has recently announced low-cost Pavilions, the 3100s.