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[froggyboy604]

My best guest is because they read an article or heard a story saying how one brand is worse than the other, or they were unlucky to own a computer made by a brand which failed before 3-5 years which is the average life of a PC before most people need a new PC to run newer computer games, do more advance tasks like editing HD video, and using software like Microsoft Office 2013.

Some people may dislike companies like HP and Dell because they don't like American brands, or feel the rich US PC makers who control the American computer market are un-american to their employees by laying them off to hire very cheap foreign workers in India, China, and the Philipines where people work for dollars a day building PCs instead of hundreds like US Workers, and the top executives the President, CEO, and Top Managers makes Millions of dollars a year.

I use a few different computer brands over the years like HP, Dell, Acer, Apple, and a few lesser known brands, and they all work pretty well if the PC is well maintained by me or the owner.

 

[Black Angel]

I dislike Dell, because of the level of control they have over everything, even with software, because running Dell's version of Windows meant that you could only upgrade if it was compatible with your PC, and even if you couldn't upgrade, you still got the notifications in Windows, especially if the update was a security fix. Dell's control where hardware is concerned, like with Apple, it basically means that you will pay through the nose for the most mediocre shit.

I used to have a Dell computer back in the day, and when my motherboard started going bad, my husband, who, at that time, was my boyfriend, went and bought me another one. When it came time to install it, he wasn't able to because the ends of the cables from the power source were proprietary and would not fit.

Dell's solution was for me to upgrade to a computer system that had all of these extraneous bells and whistles, for something to the tune of $1,200. It's not that I am broke or anything, but the fact of the matter is that, I didn't think it was necessary to spend all of that money for a simple problem. So, I decided that Dell could kiss my ass, and my husband exchanged the motherboard, for a bare bone PC, that had a more powerful motherboard, that had a P4 3GHz dual-core processor, that came with 2 GB DDR2 RAM, that I've since upgraded to 4 GB, and am on my way to 6 GB (vs. a max of 384 MB on the Dell motherboard) and, has both IDE and SATA ports.

Then, I took my hard drive and all of my hardware and reinstalled Windows removing Dell's watered down, proprietary version, and reinstalled and upgraded my programs, and I got to enjoy a faster and more powerful computer, that for less than $200 spent is also future-proof since, I have not only cloned and upgraded all of my IDE HDD's to SATA, but I can upgrade to Windows 7 at any time and if the motherboard goes bad, need upgrading, or more RAM, then it is a very simple swap.

The ironic thing is that, the $1,200 system that Dell wanted me to buy, still wouldn't have been as powerful as the PC I still use today. I would have had to upgrade at least once or twice more since then, and although, I would have spent more, it still wouldn't have been as powerful.

I don't mind spending the money if I feel that it is necessary, but if/when I do decide to spend it, then I want my money's worth and I want to have full control what goes on with my PC and do not want to be dictated to by anyone.

Those are the reason I dislike Dell and Apple, although, I dislike Apple mostly because of their litigious, anti-competitive behavior where Samsung and other competitors are concerned.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

I just go by what I read and hear majorty of.

 

[Mascot Tom]

Everyone has their reasons for liking one company's brand over another, but my reasons come mostly from an engineering standpoint.

When it comes to the branded systems, I happen to like gateway the most. Here are a few reasons:

• Gateway PCs are regular PCs with virtually no brand-specific bull$#!t that would prevent you from using an OS other than windows to its full potential,
• They are fully upgradable, meaning nothing is proprietary or unreplaceable,
• They don't use ultra-obscure bull$#!t hardware with impossible to find drivers, (Unlike some companies out there. *Cough*HP*Cough*)
• They give you a REAL OS OEM Install CD with their branding on it, (All of Windows's recovery utilities n' $#!t is on there, so if something did go wrong that required an original OS CD to fix, it would actually work, unlike some @$$hat companies that force their users to use a backup partition of a hard drive, (Looking at you, SONY) cuz, you know, hard drives never fail EVER!!)
• Their laptops aren't uglier than an Aurangatan's armpit, (looking at you, HP.)

The worst brand I have come across is Sony. They build the most overpriced computers with the most astonishingly poorly built casings I have ever seen on a computer. Don't get me wrong, the hardware is great on the inside for what it is, but you will be paying twice as much for it if you buy it from Sony, with a piece of $#!t casing holding it all together.

 

[froggyboy604]

I remember Sony back a few years ago had exploding Laptop batteries which also affected a lot of other laptop companies which used Sony Batteries. Exploding Batteries is a good reason to not like Sony laptops.

 

[Mascot Tom]

I wish my battery exploded. That way I'd know that it could actually do something. My battery died 6 months after I got my VAIO laptop, and since batteries weren't covered by the warrantee, I didn't even bother getting a new one.

 

[Lleyn]

Reputation and rumors can have a huge effect on someone's opinion. If someone they trust told them HP sucks, they would believe it.