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Anybody else disappointed that Anandtech didn't do Microsoft's Windows 10 event?

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VengenceIsMine

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While there are a few other good technical people who attended (Peter Bright from Ars for example) I'm surprised and disappointed that Anandtech didn't attend or cover it. By the actual release, we'll know almost everything about it. Given both the implications for W10 on the hardware market and the fact that Microsoft is a significant hardware player in their own right it seems rather foolish for Anandtech not to be going to these prerelease events, that is where the real action for Microsoft is, launch will be pure PR.
 
This is like taking a pre-release motherboard and running a test on it. It does not tell you what you want to know. Like for instance when will it be released? Will the current motherboards be fully compliant? On windows 8 I saw problems with my motherboard not having the ability or drivers to make it compatible. There is physically no way I am going to test it unless I am 100% sure about compatibility. I don't want to be a stooge for Microsoft. I know windows 7 is working so why bother with something that is not even in final release? It will probably not be 100% working when they get to final release. I try not to buy anything the first production year. I suggest giving Microsoft and users 6 months of testing to work the kinks out of it.
 
From Anandtech's Jarred Walton:

"MS only invited like 100 press to the event, and we missed the list, though the livestream was freely available. So a Live Blog of a Livestream might seem a bit odd, especially later in the day. 🙂"
 
Brunnis said:
From Anandtech's Jarred Walton:

"MS only invited like 100 press to the event, and we missed the list, though the livestream was freely available. So a Live Blog of a Livestream might seem a bit odd, especially later in the day. 🙂"
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Bummer. I guess that is what happens when you get lots of review phones and never do the reviews (brian klug) and the whole Anand being on the 'friends of apple' list etc. Too bad though, I would have definitely like to have seen some more technical people/sites giving reviews and less flakes like Manjoo, Dieter Bohn, etc.
 
I saw parts of the stream and it seems that the information that they wanted to get out was available to anyone who was interested. The highlight for me was when the camera panned to show some of the invited media and the Apple logos were prominently displayed on a majority of the laptops.
 
VengenceIsMine said:
it seems rather foolish for Anandtech not to be going to these prerelease events
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Nope, I read Anandtech for their reviews of stuff I can buy off the shelf. Windows 10 isn't available; there are plenty of other sites like Engadget & Gizmodo to cover the pre-release stuff. One thing that sets Ananadtech's articles apart to me is that I can read an article and go out and click buy to get it shipped straight to me, if I want it. Of course, that's not always the case with every article, but they tend to review stuff that actually exists in terms of something a consumer can easily acquire off-the-shelf. I like that niche.
 
Keep in mind that Anandtech was undergoing a change in ownership that has now been finalized.
 
Not really, they still covered the press event in a timely fashion. Not everything has to be a liveblog, if anything a formal writeup is more informational and quicker to read than sifting through nine pages of tweets for those of us who look to these articles as part of our research when making business decisions.
 
piasabird said:
This is like taking a pre-release motherboard and running a test on it. It does not tell you what you want to know. Like for instance when will it be released? Will the current motherboards be fully compliant? On windows 8 I saw problems with my motherboard not having the ability or drivers to make it compatible. There is physically no way I am going to test it unless I am 100% sure about compatibility. I don't want to be a stooge for Microsoft. I know windows 7 is working so why bother with something that is not even in final release? It will probably not be 100% working when they get to final release. I try not to buy anything the first production year. I suggest giving Microsoft and users 6 months of testing to work the kinks out of it.
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This has zero bearing on the question asked by OP.

If you want to rant, go start your own thread so it will be easier to ignore.

Kaido said:
Nope, I read Anandtech for their reviews of stuff I can buy off the shelf. Windows 10 isn't available; there are plenty of other sites like Engadget & Gizmodo to cover the pre-release stuff. One thing that sets Ananadtech's articles apart to me is that I can read an article and go out and click buy to get it shipped straight to me, if I want it. Of course, that's not always the case with every article, but they tend to review stuff that actually exists in terms of something a consumer can easily acquire off-the-shelf. I like that niche.
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This site must have been miserable for you during CES. Or I/O. Or WWDC. Or 66% of the time in general, as reviews do not make up the majority of the articles on this site.
 
They couldn't do the Windows 10 event because they weren't invited to the event.

Besides I'm expecting the Windows 10 review when it comes out.
 
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