This is the thread of all the things you swear that you'll never ever buy agian!!!

1. I will never, ever, buy an E-Machines computer agian. Wanna know why? Because the following components failed on it, moniter, keyboard, mouse, power supply, the included printer, not to mention the crappiest speakers ever, and the fact that it was outperformed by the machine it was supposed to replace!

2. I will never, ever buy, an Apollo Printer agian. Absolute crap, low quality, and the worst damned driver in the history of the universe!

What are you never going to buy again?

Ohh, I am never gonna buy Telus DSL for my ISP ever again. it is slow, crappy, unreliable, etc, etc, etc. Now, i did not buy it in the first place, I just *borrow* my parents', but I can still complain!

I will never ever again buy, or trust ANYTHING from Chrysler, GM, or Ford again. Basically any domestic car company . . .

I am never going to be suckered into buying cheap, Zellers Truly brand clothes again. they SUCK!!! Ok, that should have been obvious to me, but I am fairly naive.

I have some more, but i cannot think of them right now (too tired) i will add them on as I think about them. And Perfection, you seemed to have some slight issues with your compuer. Was it less then Perfect?

Originally posted by RealGoober
I will never ever again buy, or trust ANYTHING from Chrysler, GM, or Ford again. Basically any domestic car company . . . Chrysler isn't domestic anymore - it's owned by the Germans. And have you heard of TQM? There's a misconception about American cars these days that still relate to those cars made in the '80s and early '90s.

I don't plan on ever buying a generic cd rom, dvd drive, cdrw drive, etc, again.

I'll never buy Gateway again...

Not that I ever have bought one, because we got it for free, but I will never buy anything from Compaq/HP.

I've promised myself never to buy anything just because it's cheap. It's better to spend some more to get good quality than buying crappy things for half the price. I'm thinking of a DVD-player we bought of a local never-heard-of-before brand.

I also hope I'll never have to buy a dial-up connection again.;)

No prebuilt computers ever again. I will build all future machines from scratch

I will never buy from Dell or Gateway again (cheap crappy computers...I use to have 2 gateways and a dell)....I build my own computers now...but if I do buy one again I won't buy from any computer company that does not give me a choice between Intel and AMD and choices on all of the other internal components.

never by a Time or Tiny computers. my mate and I once spent a good few hours with his tower trying to get a new CD-RW to work. Those types of computer DESPISE other thinsg being put on it.

I'll also say, never EVER buy a Cyrix processor (dunno if they are still in business but I'll say it anyway) I had a Cyrix 333MHz in my first computer and it was the very bane of my existence, I was certain if it was a woman it would have been my old Maths Teacher, I tried to put chocolate bar on the tower as a kind of peace offering, but it was a stuck up Bi^$% to the very end. Personally I think Cyrix processors should be stuck in the same aisle as the whoopie cushion and the soap that turns black when you're using it.

Also, never buy anything out of a shop called STS. its located in Hamilton (in Scotland) the guy's a thief, everyone I know who's been there has been done out of something by him (setting up the BIOS wrong, not paying up when something goes wrong and its under warrenty etc)

Well...
I have old emachine emonster 550, old 4 years, and still works great. Of course, I gave it away ( to parents).
Ford- I used only ford cars in last 5 yrs, only thing fixed was one 5 yr old battery and one starter.

Originally posted by Azadre
I'll never buy Gateway again...

I had a friend who feels the same way. He bought a system from them about a year ago (it cost about $1500). They told him that he would be able to upgrade any compotent in it. A year later, he's ready to install a new video card, only to see the current one is attached (in the permenent sense) to the motherboard.:o

I'll stay clear of HP laptops. My old workplace had them brand new shiny things I had to install. Preinstalled windows. Problem after another. There were about 20 of them and all had same problems. Faulty windows install, Instability, 3com WLAN cards didn't work properly in them. All had to changed to SMC cards. Top notch quality all the way. Of course it might been a bad luck. But I learned my lesson.

I will officially never buy MS Office or any other Microsoft-made operating system.

Originally posted by Aphex_Twin
I will officially never buy MS Office or any other Microsoft-made operating system.
What do you use instead? OpenOffice? Linux?

Originally posted by Aphex_Twin
I will officially never buy MS Office or any other Microsoft-made operating system.

I echo this, except to support my gaming addiction, I must use XP. I am considering partitioning my computer to have everything non-gaming using Linux, and all my games on XP, where they shall work. M$ is the worst product I have ever seen.

KME power supplies. Had two 300W ones. Both exploded under the terrible strain of Cel466. First one killed 196MB of memory. It was way back when 466MHz was considered fast and 196MB was a lot of memory.

Originally posted by funxus

What do you use instead? OpenOffice? Linux?

He plans to NOT pay for Microsoft Software, he will surely use their software still.

I plan never to buy a printer that needs expensive re-fills so bloody often!!! :mad:

Xerox printer

Originally posted by kittenOFchaos
He plans to NOT pay for Microsoft Software, he will surely use their software still.

I plan never to buy a printer that needs expensive re-fills so bloody often!!!

Woah, you actually are supposed to PAY for Micro$oft Software? i always thought it was free . . .

And for the printer, you can just take it to a place, and have the Ink refilled, instead of buying a whole new cartridge like you are supposed to. We have never bought a new cartridge, which costs like $70 CDN$ for the Colour ink, in the 1.5+ years that we have had our printer (which unfortunately I have to have attached to my computer . . . )

Originally posted by RealGoober


Woah, you actually are supposed to PAY for Micro$oft Software? i always thought it was free . . .
I've never bought an MS product directly, but every time we buy/rent a computer, it is force-included and we indirectly pay for it.:mad:

Maybe that should be included as well, I'll never buy a computer package deal again, I've decided to build them myself once my parents don't provide me with them.

Originally posted by funxus
I've never bought an MS product directly, but every time we buy/rent a computer, it is force-included and we indirectly pay for it.

Well, with an MS product, you "pay" for it by it being a crappy product, unreliable, etc. I figure that is good enough . . .

Originally posted by RealGoober


Well, with an MS product, you "pay" for it by it being a crappy product, unreliable, etc. I figure that is good enough . . . Unfortunately Microsoft forgets to put a sticker on their boxes that read: "Not for the computer illiterate."

:rolleyes:

I'm still wondering why there are so many people complaining over their stupid Windows installation which is so crappy etc... If you don't like Windows, don't use it! There are alternatives, so use them if you don't like Windows.
Personally I use Windows, and I think it's worth it.
I just want to tell you Windows-users who hate how much I hate your complaining about it. I'm sure Micro$oft would make things better if you gave them some real competition, like using other operating systems. You don't have to stick with what you got with your prebuilt computer set, you (should) know.

Originally posted by kittenOFchaos

He plans to NOT pay for Microsoft Software, he will surely use their software still.

I plan never to buy a printer that needs expensive re-fills so bloody often!!! :mad:
I have gotten over game mania, so for now I'll stick with Windows, just I won't upgrade it. When the thing becomes obsolete, I'll switch to Linux. I already have OpenOffice (which is an excellent program BTW).

Originally posted by The Person
I'm still wondering why there are so many people complaining over their stupid Windows installation which is so crappy etc... If you don't like Windows, don't use it! There are alternatives, so use them if you don't like Windows.
Personally I use Windows, and I think it's worth it.
I just want to tell you Windows-users who hate how much I hate your complaining about it. I'm sure Micro$oft would make things better if you gave them some real competition, like using other operating systems. You don't have to stick with what you got with your prebuilt computer set, you (should) know.

The only reason I complain is that, for playing games, there is no alternative. You simply cannot play all the games that you can on XP on Mac, or Linux, or Lindows, or whatever. If you could, I would not have XP, but to play games, I kinda haveta. I know I do not have to stick with Windows, and I am someday going to get my drive partitioned to get Linux or Lindows or something for everything but games, but the other problem is that everyone uses M$ products, and if I used Linux or whatever products, then they would not be compatable with everyone else who uses Word, etc. I am gonna tryo to partition my computer, though. And I have found a temporary solution for my computer, which has solved a major problem I was having. See the thread that is in Computer Talk.

For all germans:


I will never ever buy a ALDI PC again... It suchs hard!!! Believe me!

I'm BTW gonna buy a mac and if I can help it never buy a windoze again. :ack:

It's not that Microsoft products are bad, I like them, because I rarely have problems with them, easy installation, easy to understand, looks good, I'm used to it... I just don't like the fact that practically all computer package deals include MS-products (the OS and Word or Works). I think it should be sold separately for better competition, which I'm sure would lead to more people choosing another OS and office-suite, when they realise the vast difference in cost.

I realise that it's possible to buy computer parts separately and build one myself, and as I mentioned, that is what I plan to do in the future. But I think it'd be nice to give all those who don't know/dare build their own computer some more choices.:)

(Sorry for complaining about it again)

The problem there Fuxus is that people buy computers for the ease of use and for the fact that it's already set up. People who know nothing about computers can use a pre-setup machine and not need to worry about fine details. The problem is that these same people also go and install programs like Kazaa, Imesh, GAIN, look at porn without thinking twice, etc and then they end up with a slow crappy computer. What's the first words that come out of their mouths? "Microsoft sucks!"

A computer is like a car; you need to keep it finely tuned and take it in for checkups and oil changes and services time and time again. If you don't, then in the long run you'll be sorry and most likely blame Microsoft for your own faults.

If companies like Dell, HP, Sony, etc were to not include Windows or any other operating system with their computers then it would defeat the purpose of buying a pre-made machine. Some say that they could include Linux instead. Sure, they could, but why would they want to? Linux isn't for computer newbies (maybe Mandrake is, but it's still a bit complicated for someone who isn't sure what some things are on the computer or how they work.)
An Apple OS obviously isn't going to be compatible with a PC. And anything else is just too complicated for the computer illiterate people out there to learn. That's why Microsoft becomes the optimal choice for these companies to include their software.

I think that one of Microsofts unofficial business missions with their software is to make it idiot-proof. They are trying, but it's not easy.

Don't get me wrong, I know many of Microsoft's products have bugs and issues with them. But what software doesn't? You think Macs are crash-proof? HA! Don't even get me started with issues you will run into with certain Linux distros. Every sort of software out there has its issues. This is where responsible use comes into play. But too many people are far too ignorant to admit that their computers suck because they have no idea what they are doing.

Sorry for the condescending tone, but I'm sick of people opening email attachments that they got from some total stranger or clicking 'Yes' to an install query just so they can view a foreign website and then blaming a company for their own problems. I'm not pointing fingers here - it's just a blanket statement that applies to many people and self-proclaimed "Micro$oft" haters.

Jeratain, I totally agree with you. It's not that it's Microsoft's fault or any other company's fault in most cases (some companies' products are actually crappy...), it's that people don't know what they're doing. When a message pops up to say something, my parents scream for me and ask what's wrong, instead of reading and trying to understand the message, which often is something like "If you wish to procede, press OK"...

I also don't think other companies makes much better software, although most of them are better at something (a niche), like any other product.

I'm sure, however, that it'd be simple to instead of having pre-installed computers, the retailers sell empty computers, and then ask you: Will you buy software separately, or would you like to buy a package deal from us of "pre-install"-cds (like rescue discs)? We have Microsoft (with Windows and Office), we have OS/2, we have a Redhat package (with Redhat Linux and maybe Staroffice?). There are differences, e.g. Microsoft is very popular and easy to use, but costs several hundreds more, and Redhat's deal is a lot cheaper, but might take more effort to understand. All of these include support however, in case you run into problems.

When you come home, you plug in the computer, put in the cd and boot it. Answer 'yes' when they ask if you really want to do this, then wait for installation. After installation is complete, you follow instructions to set up the system, call support if needed and then the computer's ready to use.

Maybe a bit harder for the customer, but it's much fairer and in the long run probably much better for the customers.

I think its silly when people complain about the default software that comes with their computer. As if you can't uninstall it or are just subliminally compelled to use it. How easy is it to download Mozilla or something else?

If you are so concious about your software then build your own computer and put what you want on it. If you can't figure out how to do that then you probably aren't capable of figuring out what programs are bugy and which ones aren't.

This is getting way off-topic but I don't have anything against Microsoft products. Usually when something goes wrong with windows systems it's users doing. I'm using W2K right now and I've had the same install more than a year now. No problems at all. I won't probably reinstall until I get a new HD.

Those HP laptops had something funny in the hardware department but the WXP install CD's were also screwed but they weren't provided by Microsoft. They were provided by HP.

I remember this story from some finnish forum about a guy who blamed windows for complaining about something. He was apparently trying to replace desktop icons like "My Computer" "Internet Explorer" with NOTHING. No wonder windows got a little upset. But do you think it was microsoft's fault?

I will never purchase a desktop computer from one of the large manufacturs - Gateway, Dell, Compaq/HP, ect. They are all crap. I will either build any new machines myself, or get a small local whitebox builder to build them out of the parts I choose.

I will also never use a generic power supply again- I think I will stick to Antec.

A Cyrix processor... my father bought an Acer computer back in the days which was supposed to be a whooping 686 (marketting gimmick) 150mhz. The thing performed like a Pentium 100 and it was horribly unstable. I also hate Acer for their poor design (looks great but truly sucks when you have to open your computer) and abysimal quality...

I will never buy:

- Shinobi....

-An Acer PC

-A prebuiilt Pc... Built for m scratch all the way!

-Windows ME (Need I explain... really?)

-A GE Wireless phone

-Any Train Simulator Games.... No matter what reviews they get...

My "never-buy" list:

Lexmark printer. The only thing the tech support can say is that the fault is in my computer.

A-Link network product. Their roadrunner 44 dsl-router is full of crap. Stay away of it.

Creative may be good for sound cards but don't touch their graphics cards.

I will never buy an ASUS motherboard again: the thing was a pain in the @$$ to install and I have been unable to get it to mount correctly onto my case.

Originally posted by Dr. Yoshi
I will never buy an ASUS motherboard again: the thing was a pain in the @$$ to install and I have been unable to get it to mount correctly onto my case. :lol:

Best motherboards I have ever used.

You do know that there are different types of cases and motherboards. It may have been the worst case you ever bought:)
The case I have at the moment is pretty huge for a desktop but its still a bit of a cluttered up mess of daisy chained knick knacks.
The next case I'm going to get will be a big old server box that way I might be able to keep things somewhat tidy.
You should do the same - being a ham fisted lout:D

I will never buy a GigaByte Motherboard again:

Bought the state-of-the-art Gigabyte 8KNXP, overpaid, got stuck with somethign I didn't use in my computer and is still sitting in a box because it isn't compatiple with my 400 Mhz DDR Ram... Go figure...

I'll never get ADSL from Telus, ever again. It disconnected me every 15 minutes for no reason.

I'll never buy speakers that cost less than $100, ever again. They'll stop working before I can hook them up.

I'm never buying a cordless keyboard/mouse ever.

Yes, someone else who knows my pains about Telus!!!

They are the worst company, you never want to buy ANYTHING from them again. I will never, ever again get ADSL or Phone from them, I will get a Cellphone from a different company, and Shaw cable.

Telus ADSL is soo crappy, it is randomly slow, does the disconnect thing, everything that it shouldn't do . . .

I'll never buy a laptop with a touchpad again. Those little joystick things work much better.

Oh, and I'll never trust ATI product nomenclature again - Mobile "Radeon" indeed. It's as bad as a GeForce2.