I've honestly never owned a VIA mobo, but seeing all the problems they've created for several friends of mine, I'll never own one, even if that means that I'll never own a non-Intel x86-style computer, something that I would like to do. In many instances, usability trumps politics, and this is one of them.

I suggested an nVidia chipset mobo to one of those friends just recently (the one who really should not own a computer at all, much less be building them himself), so I hope that knock worked.