The Companies We Like, Use and Recommend

This is our list of approved hardware and software companies that Meyer Computer likes to use. Some good companies on this list have some policies and practices that we are aware of and we try to avoid. Some good companies will have an occasional bad product. These items are noted in the list. This list will be updated periodically.

Manufacturers & Software Companies

• 45 Drives
• AMD
• APC
• Be Quiet!
• BitDefender
• Brother
• Cables To Go
• Cisco
• CoolerMaster - except power supplies
• Corsair
• Dell - except Alienware division
• Dell - Avoid the home consumer equipment and All-In-One computers.
• El Gato
• Eufy - questionable security policy
• EVGA - excellent, but getting hard to find. Forced out of business by NVIDIA.
• Fluke
• GigaByte - Avoid the UD Motherboards if possible.
• Hewlett Packard - Elitedesk, Prodesk, Elitebook, Z-Book
• Hewlett Packard - Avoid the home consumer equipment and All-In-One computers.
• Hewlett Packard Enterprise - Servers, Business Printers
• Ideal Tools
• Intel - except faulty Gen 13 and Gen 14 chips
• Intuit
• Jackery - pricey but good
• JS Digital (A.K.A. JSAUX)
• Kingston
• Klien Tools
• LG
• Logitech
• MalwareBytes
• Micron / Crucial
  Micron will be moved to the other list soon. They announced they will abandon the desktop/laptop market in December 2025 so they can focus on AI products.
• Microsoft - several questionable policies
• MikroTik
• NZXT - predatory rental policy
• OBS
• Origin
• Ooma
• Panasonic
• PNY
• Sabrent
• Samsung
• SanDisk
• Seagate - depends on product line
• SK Hynix
• SuperMicro
• Synology
• Ubiquiti
• UGreen - pricey but good, it's a Chinese company.
• Weller
• Western Digital - except SMR drives & 'green' drives

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