Extremetech takes pot shot at Anand...

[Anand Lal Shimpi]

It was all in good humor guys I'm good friends with a couple of the Extreme guys and I think what they've done with the site is great. Is it AnandTech? No, but we don't aim to be ExtremeTech either. Two different sites with two different backgrounds.

But in order to set the record straight...

1) I wasn't the one to load up AT on their computers, I respect their territory; although I will say that there were quite a few AT supporters around their booth

2) I actually suggested the building showdown, they wouldn't accept

I was kind of disappointed, I expected the PC building contest to be from scratch, you pick out the motherboard, CPU, memory, etc... and build it all. Instead it ended up being a contest to see who could screw in three drives and three PCI cards the fastest. e-phex from our forums was there, I actually showed up to cheer him on. He did pretty well, I'm sure he would've done better had the contest been putting a computer together from scratch instead of just throwing a few drives in a case. Maybe next time?

There's no harm in a bit of friendly rivalry, keeping in mind the world friendly of course and that's all this was intended to be. Bill is a good guy, he's the one that was defending the record for this contest I believe.
People like Bill and Nick Stam from Extreme were writing about technology before I could even walk, they've definitely got my respect.

Take care,
Anand

 

[trmiv]

<<
People like Bill and Nick Stam from Extreme were writing about technology before I could even walk, they've definitely got my respect. >>



See, now Anand is taking shots, I'm pretty sure he just called those guys old.

 

[KDOG]

Hi all. Hehe that was pretty good. I have started my ownsite and I would never DREAM of taking Anand on in a PC building contest!!! Besides, why would anyone want to throw a PC together real quick like that? It would be a crap computer. And as you've seen Anand simply has to much class to let something like that bother him, even if they weren't kidding.

DISCLAIMER: Yes I know my site is extremely bare. It just started the other day. Thanks to all who beat me into submission concerning learning HTML. I'm working on some stuff right now and I am in the process of having an online store on either the bottom half or the side of the main screen (Ill have to frame it). Anand you don't mind if I link to your site like I did, do you? Let me know, I don't want to get on your &quot;bad side&quot; if you even have one.

 

[Dark4ng3l]

Who cares if it's a joke or not we should beat the crap out of their servers just for having mentioned anandtech on their website

 

[Russ]

Anand,

The way I figure it, when an outfit as big as ZDNet is taking a shot at you, it just means that you've arrived.

Russ, NCNE

 

[Anand Lal Shimpi]

Russ,

Remember though that it's the journey that matters, not the end

Take care,
Anand

 

[GroundOO]

no kidding, it's a joke, stop freaking out! Do you flip every time HardOCP calls Anand the Boi Wonder? I think it's pretty obvious you're just less-than-happy with a ZD related site encroaching on Anand's domain (for the record I don't think ET has a chance)

 

[NesuD]

well I would like to take them on with a real pc building race and the machine must post on the first try. bet there are a lot of Anandtechers that could hang with them.

 

[nateholtrop]

fastest to boot is what i would call a contest you know screw mobo in hd vid card and see who can get it to power up 1st heh and many many anandtecher's would be in the top10

nate

 

[Balt]

ZDNet has been after Anand for quite a while now. I remember back when TechTV was still known as ZDTV, Leo Laporte was crying about how Anand got some hot new hardware stuff before they did.

Funny stuff.

 

[Pacfanweb]

Read Carefully: That was a JOKE. They were ribbing Anand. I'm sure he got the joke, it's a shame a lot of folks here don't seem to.

 

[jonnyGURU]

So Anand, what's the deal with ExtremeTech? Are they really for real?

The reason why I ask is because, a year ago a certain computer store financed TortureTest with server space, etc. It was SUPPOSED to be an extreme tech site, but I was not financially motivated enough and I couldn't get anyone to help out with the hardware. All and all, it was over before it started. But, the owner of that computer store flew in ZD because they do a lot of advertising in ZD magazines and wanted them to tour the facilities. I was introduced to them as &quot;the guy who does TortureTest&quot; and an ad for TortureTest was actually run in computer shopper paid for by the store (this was only one month into starting it). We were asked why make a site like that, and we explained to them that most of the people that are INTO computers to the point to visit a site like Anandtech, Hard|OCP or Ars would rather visit a site like that instead of a site like what ZD currently offered. The ZD folks went back home and spread the link around and we got word back from a lot of the tech guys at ZD that they liked what they had seen so far (which wasn't much).

Certainly, I had done NOTHING with TortureTest after that. Only recently had someone actaully offered to put some financial motivation behind TortureTest hoping that I would start it back up again, but I'm just so busy with work, and &quot;professional ties&quot; with the industry feel that my trademark rants are unprofessional as well as my inclination to overclock (jonnyguru.com is considered a bad boy site by my boss). I find it ironic, however, that ZD decided to take up a torch for the extreme techy not shortly after representatives of their parent company met up with myself and my boss. All I could think was, &quot;where did they find these guys?!?&quot;

Ever since their site came out last month, I've justr had this weird, creepy feeling about it.

Then again it could all be completely coincidental.

Any way... if I start up TortureTest again, does anyone want to help out? Hmmm???

BTW: If they're looking for someone to put a machine together fast, that's nothing. No skill required at all. If you work in production, you have a tendency to put together 10 machines per hour, but you also tend to get bored easily (I did the start up production run for my work's newest barebones machine and for a month I felt disgusted with the idea of anchoring another board in a case). If Anand was REALLY the best in that kind of contest, I for one would NOT be impressed (I know you know what I mean, Anand ). Anand shines much brighter in so many more ways.

 

[GL]

The average height at AnandTech must be getting shorter and shorter cuz more and more jokes keep going way over people's heads.

Anyhow, I have a personal boycott of ExtremeTech. They may be good people but so was that guy in everybody's school who was a try-hard and never attained-much. They should have carved out their own niche but my first impression was that they were blitzing the scene with blatant immitations of what Ars/Ace/Anand/Tom's/|H|ard users have been reading for a while.

But...I was expecting it. My only question is what took them so long?

 

[jonnyGURU]

In a way, that's what I was trying to say, but didn't want to word it like that in case one of them decided to walk up to me and say, &quot;hey Jon, I hear TortureTest isn't doing anything.... wanna write for ExtremeTech&quot; and then actually PAY me for it.

 

[Azraele]

<< Remember though that it's the journey that matters, not the end >>



Anand:

The journey should never be forgotten, but without an end to look toward, there would be no journey. You've come a long way Anand. Keep up the good work.

 

[RU482]

This reminds me of Cheers. Cheers vs. Gary's Bar

 

[Slacker]

Hehehe, whenever I use a public machine I always leave it on AnandTech Compusa, Erols kiosks, library........

 

[GrumpyMan]

Man, you'd think someone goosed your little sister or something, get a grip. Jeez....

 

[SuperSix]

It's a new site, and whatever they can do or say to generate more hits...

Like PCMagazine, that site sucks.

 

[Shalmanese]

heh, I was thinking when I read the thing that there must of been some dell talent scouts/vultures out there for them assembly plants where you need to build a computer in 5 minutes.

A far better test would have been to blindfold them and put them among a heap of misc computer stuff and asked them to take as much time as they wanted to build a system and see who ended up with the rig with the highest sandra/3d mark scores. If you can tell the difference between a MSI and an Abit mobo by touch alone, then your not a true hardware nut.

 

[Napalm]

Too funny - Anand's little soldiers...

Napalm

 

[SuperCyrix]

a machine-building showdown. Wouldn't the man with the highest budget most likely win?

 

[ukDave]

i think it was just a joke. However, if it wasn't, its time to kick some @ss!

 

[kami]

<< People like Bill and Nick Stam from Extreme were writing about technology before I could even walk, they've definitely got my respect. >>


Yeah, bunch of 50 year old geezers, and you show up and whoop their asses into next week after only a few years experience.

i believe the term is, OWNED!

 

[ryoken]

<< ExtremeTech seems to have taken their layout almost directly from Anandtech.

Sorry, I don't see the similarity . . .

Extreme Tech is Ziff Davis' attempt to jump on the bandwagon of Hard OCP, Maximum PC, etc. They work for Ziff Davis . . . of course they're going to suck and have stupid crap on their site. I'm surprised you even wasted the bandwidth to visit them. >>



Cheers to you buddy!!! Totally agree with what you're saying... too bad I wasted my precious bandwidth