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Looking at my desk I would have to say Logitech, got the G510 mouse, G13 gameboard, USB microphone and K300 keyboard and that is only for my gaming machine... my parents have a Harmony 200 remote and are using an old MX518 mouse, I have the G5 spare and other family members use the M235 with one of them borrowing a QuickCam Pro 9000. I have quite a catalogue of Logitech equipment under my care(the family tech guy) and they are all working well years after their expected life span.
Other than that I'd say I admire AMD for what they have had to put up with, ARM for the great tech they have produced and Gigabyte because I am fond of their electronics.
ASUS
MSI
Samsung
Probably Corsair, great RMA if you need it and prompt friendly replies.
Asus make good kit, but their after after support is disgusting, their forum is abysmal and they never seem to release updates/drivers for anything I own made by them!
ARM - It's a fantastic thought that the first ARM chip is what powered my first computer and now there are several of them in most modern electronic devices.
Originally Posted by Saracen
Is it harsh to say everybody except EA and Apple?
In other words people search for their Apple on google then buy from Amazon?
I can't say "admire" is a term that crosses my mind for any tech company, though there are a good few that have produced products I find highly useful, and most useful of all, probably MS.
But Google? I sure don't. They fit in my tech lexicon somewhere between Attila the Hun, and Satan himself. Admire? Nope. More like dislike/detest.
Arm without them the smartphone and tablet market would be vastly different.
*deep breath* I realise this is kind of flamebait..but you want an honest answer?
Apple, closely followed by [parts of] Google. Both for totally different reasons.
Apple I can't help but admire from a business/tech point of view - regardless of your thoughts on their products or business practices, they make products that are loved by many, exceptionally popular, and still manage to make huge profits. They don't just fritter these profits away on daft projects either (I'm looking at you Microsoft) - the money sits there in a big growing and growing. I don't care what the haters say - I like their products and I like what they do.
Google I admire more for their innovation. I'm not talking about what they did to the mobile OS market with Android, or their frankly rubbish attempt at an office suite..but its the Google X team. Glass, brain, streetview, driverless cars...these are all exciting/innovative projects that don't make Google money, but they do help to advance technology. If anything, this is the one change I would like Apple to make - publicise some of the innovative "hard tech" research and work that they do. I'm sure that Google don't tell us about 95% of their exciting research, but at least we hear about 5% of it.
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Google for their range of free services and ethos
Amazon for their breadth of products, competitve pricing and excellent customer service
Asus for their great balance of price and quality and product selection
AMD (ATI) for their continual ability to be the graphics underdog, often providing more compelling solutions at lower price points and working by gentleman's rules (open tech, no "buying" of performance from developers (traditionally at least), not fudging benchmarks). Genuinely innovative features.
Fractal design - amazing cases at reasonable prices
Valve - pretty much unifying the online PC gaming community, excellent implementation of digital downloading. Half life.
I like Philips, because I've always been amazed at the fact that they seem to make absolutely everything, from electric toothbrushes to MRI scanners. And they seem to do a pretty good job at it, they don't just churn out warehouse loads of crap.
amd/samsung
Nvidia
Intel
Sony. Their computers are nicely designed, their phones are as good as iphones, their tvs are just amazing. Everything i want from a company.
Google, AMD, Nvidia, MSI and Asus.
Most hated Company Microsoft.
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