*POLL* What computer company do you HATE

[Kenny1234]

eMachines

 

[PowerMac4Ever]

It'd be a close one between Real and ABit

 

[spaceman]

MSI!~

 

[cjgallen]

Damn, I voted for PC Chips. I wanna change my vote to Real

 

[Freejack2]

Oh yeah to add to the list of gripes. HP.
Got a deskjet 6122 from them and the duplexer only occasionally messed up when it was in warranty. Shortly after the warranty expired it started messing up 4 out of every 5 duplex prints.

On the other hand there has been companies that suprised me.
I had a problem with my KDS Lcd last year, they advanced shipped me a replacement with no hassles and excellent communication.

Edit: I saw the last posters mention about PC Chips. They are pure crap! No boards have ever given me more headaches than their crap.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Intel and TI are on the shitlist today too.

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

Creative Labs or Real.

 

[Garet Jax]

EA - When EA Rugby came out (finally almost 2 years after it was supposed to), they refused to sell it to me. I called all local stores and even called the headquarters. They were not stocking it in North America. I ended up having to get it through other means and have never bought another EA game since. Probably never will...

PS - The rugby game wasn't even that good.

 

[Savarak]

I still sorta hate NORTON

 

[StrangerGuy]

I'm truly surprised none of us here never even mentioned SCO.

 

[EyeMWing]

Dell. Cheap junk. They lie to their biggest customers - say they're getting discounts and then charge them EXTRA. Every single piece of equipment in a Dell PC, save the Intel CPU, is a lowest bidder item. And the CPU is even lowest bidder, since Dell gets somthing like a buy-one-get-nine-free deal with Intel.

Their monitors, save a VERY select few rebadges aren't worth the plastic they're built out of. Their other products aren't even worth considering.

I also hate Gateway, they build crap that consistantly malfunctions. But at least it ATTEMPTS to work.

(For reference, I administrate 60 Gateway systems of P2-P3 age, 1 Gateway system of AthlonXP age, and 90+ Dells of P2-present age. I'll take the Gateway P2's over the Dell GX280's (P4, PCIE, SATA)

 

[ZOXXO]

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[CrackRabbit]

Creative, with Real being a close second. I've had to spend hours of long distance calling creative tech support when thier crap didnt work as is should.

 

[Gurck]

Sony < *.*

 

[Tab]

Real(Buffer this Biatch)
Microsoft (Fix your fscking bugs before people absue them not after)
Creative (Your drivers suck and you killed Aureal)
[Insert-Shitty-Hardware-Manufacture](Companies like Thermaltake and other crappy companies with products that are designed to crush K7 cores)

 

[daveshel]

Originally posted by: K1052
Veritas.

F'ing Backup Exec.

That would be a close second for me behind intel. At work we paid $600 or so for the 'good' Veritas support and I ended up with a script reader in India when I had problems.

Newegg would be third.

 

[Goosemaster]

I don;'t hate MS...I am however not fond of them mcuh either.

I don't hate creative...but their bloated software isn't a joy to use.

I DO HATE REALTEK'S SOUDN CARD DEPARTMENT YOU DEAF BASTARDS

WHY CAN'T YOU MAKE A QUALITY INTEGRATED CHIP LIKE EVERYONE ELSE:|

 

[jspeicher]

compaq all the way baby. Every notebook I've owned from them has been crap. maybe that will change?

 

[Brutuskend]

Any motherboard company that buys bad/cheap/counterfeit capacitors.

Abit is top on that list for me since I've had TWO go down for bad caps.

 

[MDE]

Thermaltake.

 

[mpitts]

And, as I predicted, Real is dominating.

 

[Chaotic42]

Real
Creative
EA
Maxtor to some extent

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: Freejack2
On the other hand there has been companies that suprised me.
I had a problem with my KDS Lcd last year, they advanced shipped me a replacement with no hassles and excellent communication.

I had a similar experience with KDS. I bought a cheap monitor for work by them and it pooped out after a week. Their customer service was really top notch when I RMA'd it though, which actually surprised me.

 

[GoingUp]

Creative Labs customer support eats monkey ass, but I'd have to go with Real and their lame ass program.

 

[konakona]

intel