from the looks of it they gave the job of putting together the configurations to a Chimpanzee with a learning disorder.
Never underestimate the bizarre outcomes of corporations' desires to pinch pennies.
The Performa 5200 — literally the Frankenstein's monster of computers.
The 970's VRAM scheme and false advertising.
The 840 TLC drives' too-weak NAND.
The Vertex 2 OCZ drives (with stealth 64-bit NAND) that were never stable, especially in 240 GB.
The IBM Deathstar drive.
Intel's refusal to issue a firmware patch to give G1 SSD buyers TRIM support.
The 5+ revisions of a product with the same name and different specs (common with motherboards)
The Lenovo S-10 netbook that was sent to review with a matte screen, which was praised — sold to buyers with cheap glossy.
The panel lottery in TVs.
Apple's refusal to recall laptops with faulty Nvidia GPUs and replace them with parts that were actually fixed.
The substandard Intel TIM, including Devils' Canyon which got a fancy new acronym and performed just as badly.
The endless patch spew from beta-grade software being released for sale.
GPUs being sold with the same name and radically different specs.
The first Mac, with its ridiculously small 128K of RAM and no ability to use a hard disk.
The Pinto with its exploding gasoline tank.
The gasoline GM engine that they tried to run diesel in back in the 80s (Olds in particular).
etc.