My Creative Jukebox (when the iPod was a merely glint in some guys eye), is/was awesome. Think I broked the drive in it >.< (which reminds me I got to see if my old laptop drive will fit in it.. omg 60g!!)
Also my Creative GeForce 256 was great in it`s time.
My Creative badged DTT system is still awesome !
U can praise and criticise their soundcards equally imo. When they are installed and working, they are the mutz-nutz... but if u get an issue... u mostly just find a hidden trove of 50million other people who had the same !!
They do need to un-suck their people image tho, and get over the fact that releasing 1 set of drivers that work in their lab does not mean the job`s done for eff sake.