Vobis
Sign in to saveVobis GmbH (formerly Vobis AG) is a German computer hardware company and reseller of computer systems. During its tenure under Metro AG in the 1990s, it was the largest retailer of personal computers in Europe. The company also sells cell phones in Russia under the Highscreen name, a trademark used previously in the 1990s for its pan-European computer systems.
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Vobis GmbH (formerly Vobis AG) is a German computer hardware company and reseller of computer systems. During its tenure under Metro AG in the 1990s, it was the largest retailer of personal computers in Europe. The company also sells cell phones in Russia under the Highscreen name, a trademark used previously in the 1990s for its pan-European computer systems.
==History== thumb|left|A Vobis store in Bydgoszcz, Poland, pictured in 2009 thumb|A Highscreen desktop PC, circa 1993, designed by Luigi Colani thumb|A Highscreen BlueNote II Notebook computer|notebook PC, also designed by Colani Vobis was founded in 1975 in Aachen as Vero GmbH by students Theo Lieven and Rainer Fraling. Both were attending RWTH Aachen University when they founded their company; they later dropped out when the company became a surprise success. Vero started as out as a division of Studienhilfe e.V., reselling study aids such as slide rules and calculators to fellow students on campus.