Which OEM do you least like?
 

my pick can't be for HP, cause they make nice printers and scanners.

As gateway took over several good New Zealand computer companies, then just left the NZ market I have to vote for gateway. Their computers suck too.

I couldn't vote dell either, even though they don't do amd stuff. I just love my Dell notebooks

I had to go with Compaq, mostly since Packard bell is like gone here and I have atleast managed to get some reusable parts out a few of their machines.

Packard Bell was bought by NEC

No matter what anyone else says Packard Bell WAS and still IS this worst OEM I have yet to work on.

Granted Compaq follows as a very close second :)

That's my 2 dents....... err cents :)

we still see heaps of packard bell stuff here. I didn't know it was bought by nec though

taco hell -err i mean packard hell -err i mean p-a-c-k-a-r-d b-e-l-l... whew knew i could say it :rolleyes:

Here's another vote for Packard Bell. I used to have one a lonnngggg lonnggggg time ago and boy did their customer support suck some serious hind tit.

i hate those sh*tpaqs with passion:mad:

I had to sit for a minute and decide between HP and Compaq.

HP got the vote.

I seem to be the tech guy here at home lol. I live with friends, and we have 5 systems in the house (3 are mine) and I get the chore of keeping everything running smoothly.

My buddy owned a Compaq for the last few years, and it was a pain in the ass. He replaced it with a Hewlet-Packard... and that system is a complete pain in the ass.

At least I scored a nice monitor, and some usable parts from the compaq. He won't let me build a system for him, because he's worried about support. Funny, I am the support for the POS oem's he gets anyway.:rolleyes: I should let him call HP for every stupid thing.

If this goes on long enough might need to change it to HP/Compaq :)

hatem all.....need to add "all of the above" to the poll....well dell is ok, they do have good tec support (too bad u need it all the time) i swear my laptop died like twice a year....mobo blows here cpu die there....screen splits there (wuz just sittin there workin and it just started to crack scared the shit outa me, thought some demond possesed my comp)

www.compaqsucks.com :evilaugh:

The glass? Damn. I can imagine the call for an RMA. must have been fun.

the cpu and monitor aren't dell's fault, they don't make them. but the mobo is....

my dell has been through 2 mobo's, 2 screens, 3 keyboards, two trackpad's, one hdd. but I can't complain really, I ring them up, they are there with 5 hours each time with replacement parts.

My vote would have to be with Dell. Not that their servers or notebooks are that bad, in fact they are fairly nice (though not as nice as Toshiba notebooks or HP or IBM servers). Rather it has more to do with the fact that in my job I have to deal with Dell's "support" and sales staff on a daily basis. It's a long story but needless to say I have had some less than favorable experiences with them in the past. Oh but as far as I'm concerned their desktops are overpriced, under powered, and a bitch to work on.

Well, Dell makes some ok boxes. I dislike gateway. They are evil. Just my two cents. I love IBM. I have several of their servers here at the house.

Scumpaq gets my vote for sure! Their comps and notebooks sucks! And I've heard some stories about their "customer support". :rolleyes:

yea, they wanted 800bucks for the screen so i said fu...hopped on ebay and got one for like 250 bucks and put it in myself (the manual tells u how hehe).....go to boot it up and try to move my mouse....no movment, doh! say ok no big deal...shuter down went got a ps2 mouse, hooked it up, booter up....no mouse movement (doesnt detect either mouse) DOH!.....hopefully dell wont notice the diff screen when i send it in....blasted mobo (has happened twice already)

Gateway gets my vote...

Toshiba makes excellent laptops... Sony and HP may not make great PCs but they do make other cool toys.

Packard Bell would have had my vote if they were still around. My first PC was a Packard Bell... I've had 7 computers since then... I'm almost done paying off the dang packard bell.

Dell... My family has owned two Dell's. I had to RMA my speakers Altec Lansing ADA885s 5 days before the warrenty was up. Which they gladly replaced for free :D

Compaq... We have owned 2 laptops from them, and they have been great. Despite the fact that using the 333 laptop is slow as shit now... I still like 'em.

Toshiba, I've repaired about 6 of these. They're easy to work with, roomy cases. The only problems I've ever seen with them are the HD's shit the bit... but that's not their fault.

HP, I just hate their bubble cases.... Comp Tech nightmare....

Acer! Sucks a big fat ______ Had 2 of em. yeck

Gateway's are just overpriced Dells, not tuned for performance... I really don't like them.

I'll definatly agree that Sony/HP make cool gagits, as for their computers, I don't know.

I definitely voted for Packard Bell, but they shouldn't count. They were so bad that they went out of biz in the USA.
-Kev

actually its quite funny... although not able to be upgraded that stupid packard hell... never died... at all once.. never bsod on me or anything with 95...

first i voted gateway cause they droped amd
cant say much bout PB but I have a pentium 90mhz PB that still runs (video bends at the edges though)
dells = overpriced junk
we have two k62 266mhz laptops from compaq that still run but i thought some of the programs that came on it were a bit intrusive and couldent be deleted.
hhm I'm on an HP now! i bet i could cook dinner in it it runs so hot. and on win ME(what it came with) it was'nt stable for more than about 20hr straight:(
never had or used and ibm :confused:
sony's look slick but i think there crap
toshibas hhmm :shrug:

My vote would undoubtedly go for Dell, not to say the nmake bad machines. but mine jsut WOULDNT EVER SHOW UP. i ordered it last year, in week 49, i was told it would arrive in week 52, did it? NO AS HELL IT DID. it arrivedd to me, jsut last week, nad that is, for the record, ONLY 20 WEEKS TO LATE!!!!!!!.
no to say it was the correct machine either. i didnt get my GF3 Ti500, i got a lousy GF2 GTS. i didnt get my maxztor 120gb ATA 133 either.. i got a WDC 120gb ATA 100 :(
mad as hell i am.

While I'm not particularly fond of any OEM, my vote goes to Gateway, for the surprisingly shitty ads they have.