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[Fatalah]

I've been a Gateway guy since Gateway 2000.

I can't submit to the evil Dell empire!


Any of you guys loyal to certain PC makers?

 

[B'z-chan]

ME and the Power that God gave me.... thats the best PC maker in my eyes. Awsome abilities of screwing up and all the fustration of learning.

 

[Cerebral Palsy]

Me. The post above mine is a lie.

 

[nubbe]

My computers rawk

 

[Error Macro]

You ever see those computers with the stickers on them that say "Built by the grace of God, devinely channeled through the hands of Error Macro" ??


YEAH WELL THOSE COMPUTERS IS THE FUCKIN BOMB, YO

 

[element]

yeah, me.

i dont know many people that don't build their own computer these days. outside of laptops.

 

[Tarazet]

ASUS. I don't yet have a PC made by them, but this laptop is so damn good that I've been made into a loyalist.

 

[Gantz]

Me > Dell/Gateway

 

[CaptainABAB]

http://www.gamepc.com/index.asp

 

[StrikerObi]

Apple

 

[demi]

Compaq

 

[DaCocoBrova]

^^

Retard

 

[Vgamer]

I have had great luck with Dells. So for pre-made ones I would say Dell.

 

[Phoenix]

For Prebuilt computers:

Apple > Sony > Dell > HP/Compaq > Gateway

 

[demi]

^^

Retard

^^

Easily fooled. Simpleton.

 

[ManaByte]

For Prebuilt computers:

Alienware > Apple > Sony > Dell > HP/Compaq > Gateway

Fixed.

 

[Phoenix]

Fixed.

I would have included them, but since I've never actually owned any of their machines I thought it wouldn't be right to just plop them in there based on other people's opinion of them.

 

[Agent Icebeezy]

I'm buying an Alienware within a couple of months. I'm going there because of their pricing and off the strength of their customer service

 

[Doom_Bringer]

compaq fucking sucks. Accidently got ripped on a presario machine. Fucking futureshop >_<

Terrible computer, shit support. I can't even find the bios.

IBM rocks though! Have their laptop which is nice and the updating program is cool too

 

[Shogmaster]

For Prebuilt computers:

VooDoo > Falcon Northwest > Alienware > Apple > Sony > Dell > HP/Compaq > Gateway

Fixed properly.

 

[xsarien]

yeah, me.

i dont know many people that don't build their own computer these days. outside of laptops.

Well, the "me" theory holds true for just about anything. I'm sure that, on all grounds, a DIY car will be a better in both performance and price if built in a garage and not on an assembly line. But I also don't know much about cars, that's why I trust the Japanese to build them for me instead.

As far as computers go, the "best" depends entirely on what you're going to use it for. If home-built isn't an option, there are different solutions depending on what you need. If you need a jack-of-all-trades machine, something that can do equal time as a homework computer, a spreadsheet computer, an e-mail computer, and the occasional game, I'd push someone towards Dell or, in a pinch, HP (not Compaq.)

More specialized tasks come in even more varied setups. I personally feel that you're paying entirely too much with the likes of Alienware, and that if you're so hard core that you know how (over)powered their machines are, you have the knowledge to build your own box anyway. The upside is that at least you're overpaying for a machine that's running Windows. But companies like that have one market, and that's towards gamers. I haven't heard anything (anything!) about their post/prosumer machines.

For something like heavy-duty video editing, compositing, and mastering, I'd still lean someone towards Apple. If someone were a complete novice, I'd also lean them towards an Apple, but maybe an iMac. Apple takes usability a bit more seriously than Microsoft, and people who have little to know experience with computers have very little patience for "finding" things on their computers.

There is no one equation. All PC makers, to the exclusion of Apple, load Windows onto their consumer-level machines. Ratings based on the guts would be next to impossible, you'd be running entirely off of anecdotal evidence. The only thing you can go by is support and price.

 

[Agent Icebeezy]

Fixed properly.

Those VooDoos look great, but I'm aiming for the 256 Nvidia card. Those VooDoos only go 128MB with the Athlon 64. I'm partial to AMD/ATI, but 256MB is hard to pass up

 

[mattiewheels]

I'm an apple convert. The ipod was like a trojan horse for me getting this ibook after always using pcs. I sold my pc soon after

 

[alejob]

Is there a difference? They all have basicaly the same things inside anyway. Vendors are overrated.

 

[Shogmaster]

Those VooDoos look great, but I'm aiming for the 256 Nvidia card. Those VooDoos only go 128MB with the Athlon 64. I'm partial to AMD/ATI, but 256MB is hard to pass up

Yay for corny puns?

 

[Agent Icebeezy]

Yay for corny puns?

No, I'm serious. My current PC has an ATI 9700 Raedon AIW in it and Athlon 2400+. I love there work, but I want the fastest I can get.

 

[AntoneM]

don't worry shog, I get it and it's even more funny that he doesn't get it

 

[cvxfreak]

I really like HP laptops and PCs, myself.

 

[Shogmaster]

No, I'm serious. My current PC has an ATI 9700 Raedon AIW in it and Athlon 2400+. I love there work, but I want the fastest I can get.

http://www.voodoopc.com/

don't worry shog, I get it and it's even more funny that he doesn't get it

I'm not 100% sure if he's not kidding tho.

 

[teh_pwn]

Do it yourself.

If you're in the US, shop for most of your stuff at newegg.com.

If you don't know anything about computers, go to tomshardware.com and anandtech.com and educate yourself.