Brands you HATE
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Asus, just because it takes 4 years to load the website
You could say that for most motherboard manufacturers. Probably China's firewalls slowing access to their Taiwanese servers...
Asus, just because it takes 4 years to load the website
god i forgot about that, every time i go on i'm still suprised how bad it is.
thermaltake are very solid imo, closed case so i dont have to look at it but still 750w psu that never seems to have any issues *touch wood*
Hard drives -seagate maxtor samsung < had bad ones from all 3 noisy clicky failing never had issues with western digital
Graphics - asus evga Pov - unreliability and evga dont like the way they dont tell you you must register within 30 days or you get no warranty + outside usa is only 10 years when on the box claims lifetime don't like companys that mislead
Moherboards - asus msi <dodgy rushed bios bad support
Headphones - sennheiser < overrated better sounding cans out there for the same cost in each of their brackets
Graphics - asus evga Pov - unreliability and evga dont like the way they dont tell you you must register within 30 days or you get no warranty + outside usa is only 10 years when on the box claims lifetime don't like companys that mislead
Moherboards - asus msi <dodgy rushed bios bad support
Headphones - sennheiser < overrated better sounding cans out there for the same cost in each of their brackets
+ Razer.
I shall be avoiding ASUS since they started soldering BIOS chips on the motherboard.
I shall also avoid Creative for the lack of driver support, and the inability to answer any questions on their forum and the poor lack of support in general.
Not to mention the way they treated Daniel_K.
I would like to avoid Microsoft, but I'm not clever enough to get everything I want to use working on linux and the schools already have my kids hooked.
I shall also avoid Creative for the lack of driver support, and the inability to answer any questions on their forum and the poor lack of support in general.
Not to mention the way they treated Daniel_K.
I would like to avoid Microsoft, but I'm not clever enough to get everything I want to use working on linux and the schools already have my kids hooked.
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PC-Chips (hangs head in shame for ever owning one)
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Micro$oft, for a million good reasons.
Western Digial and Seagate, last time I worked in a geekshop, we got a batch of each with 50%+ return rates, and some of the most heartbreaking noises I've ever heard from a disc.
Packard Bell, OMG! mate had a PB monitor with speakers once....the speakers, which were designed and fitted to the monitor by PB, gaused the screen to the point of unusability, and when the modem in same machine refused to work, we opened the case to find it was in at am angle with only half the edge connector making contact.
Not really PC, but hi-tech...Yamaha pro-audio gear, though often very good, gives me ulcers. OS's are insane and manuals make "all your base are belong to us" seem like The Bard.
Western Digial and Seagate, last time I worked in a geekshop, we got a batch of each with 50%+ return rates, and some of the most heartbreaking noises I've ever heard from a disc.
Packard Bell, OMG! mate had a PB monitor with speakers once....the speakers, which were designed and fitted to the monitor by PB, gaused the screen to the point of unusability, and when the modem in same machine refused to work, we opened the case to find it was in at am angle with only half the edge connector making contact.
Not really PC, but hi-tech...Yamaha pro-audio gear, though often very good, gives me ulcers. OS's are insane and manuals make "all your base are belong to us" seem like The Bard.
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Hiper! for their shocking PSU's
q-tec for cheap and nasty beige computer parts
HP & Dell for just being just overall shocking (except HP printers)
fujitsu for creating terrible HD's and agreeing to supply parts to that now liquidated company that was gateway!
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and this will hit a nerve but........... NVIDIA
They do make the best graphics cards, but they don't half penny pinch, create confusing product names and generally provide shocking drivers for the first few months after product launch!
(that said, they still provide the best graphics)
q-tec for cheap and nasty beige computer parts
HP & Dell for just being just overall shocking (except HP printers)
fujitsu for creating terrible HD's and agreeing to supply parts to that now liquidated company that was gateway!
Edit:
and this will hit a nerve but........... NVIDIA
They do make the best graphics cards, but they don't half penny pinch, create confusing product names and generally provide shocking drivers for the first few months after product launch!
(that said, they still provide the best graphics)
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LOL seems to be a pattern here but ill join in...
Creative - again for their stupid drivers and like someone else said lack of interest...shame though first sound card i had was a sb16 i think and i thought it rocked
Asus....blew up
dlink...badly made
altec lansing...fell apart
logitech keyboards and mice
anything saitek or anything like those gamers keyboard type stuff
amd....blew up
ati..... hate the driver packages
gigabyte.... two motherboards blew after 13 months
ibm hd's
dell--unreliable and over priced imho
apple
anything with the word linux in it
o and philips optical drives
and anyone who makes or did make internal isa modems
ahhh that feels better
Creative - again for their stupid drivers and like someone else said lack of interest...shame though first sound card i had was a sb16 i think and i thought it rocked
Asus....blew up
dlink...badly made
altec lansing...fell apart
logitech keyboards and mice
anything saitek or anything like those gamers keyboard type stuff
amd....blew up
ati..... hate the driver packages
gigabyte.... two motherboards blew after 13 months
ibm hd's
dell--unreliable and over priced imho
apple
anything with the word linux in it
o and philips optical drives
and anyone who makes or did make internal isa modems
ahhh that feels better
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overclockers.
gotcha!
gotcha!
thats not a brand though¬
overclockers just sell the stuff. its not up to them how crap it is.
i realise that you're joking, but face it, its a really really terrible joke.