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RossMAN

Grand Nagus
Feb 24, 2000
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Word of mouth on the DVDTalk.com forums at first I hated this place, the forum software then one day I just woke up an ATer and haven't looked back since then.
 

Squisher

Lifer
Aug 17, 2000
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Newsgroup - comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc

in about '97 or '98, didn't even go to the forums 'til a couple of years later.
 

chibchakan

Platinum Member
Oct 30, 2001
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<< looking for reviews and comparison of certain mobos for a friend... then i found and clicked the forums button... and then... it consumed my life <sob> i lost my job, my wife, my kids, even my dogs! the repo man even took my pants away!!! ever since then, i've been a broken man, sitting in my underwear at my computer, reading ATOT day and night, and venturing once in a while to the Hot Deals forums, For Sale forums, or when i feel daring enough, i even go outside. not too long though, the big yellow ball in the sky hurts my eyes! >>



LMAO :D:D:D

Best reply so far. Thanx for sharing MeanMeosh. :)
 

777joee

Golden Member
Jun 19, 2001
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I was looking for reviews on parts to build my first system. A P2 166/MMX with Win95 so I could play Riven. Now those were the days. Now I have to go back to Win98 so I can play NFS4 because it wont work on this $hit Win2k.:(:disgust::eek:
 

chuckieland

Diamond Member
Sep 30, 2000
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i don't remember, but i think is in AMD.com for sell forum
somebody post that they also sell the item in anandtech forum
so i decided to check it up
 

chibchakan

Platinum Member
Oct 30, 2001
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<< You forget to add the option for "Learned about AT from another AT member" >>



I think the "Word of mouth' option covers that. :)
 

chibchakan

Platinum Member
Oct 30, 2001
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Bump for those of you who wanna share. Just searching & surfing on the internet winning so far. :p
 

Scootin159

Diamond Member
Apr 17, 2001
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Started reading the site back in mid 1999 & then finally joined the forums at the date to the left. Actually started posting around November 2001.

EDIT: I remember now....I was plannin on building a computer (mid 1999), and a friend gave me a link to Tomshardware.com & found a link to AT from there. Now my "Computer Sites" folder has grown to like 40+ websites :).
 

Wingnut

Banned
Oct 11, 1999
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From working at the now defunct Computernerd...was reviewing articles on cooling solutions and found the info & articles here to be the best.
 

DannyLove

Lifer
Oct 17, 2000
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first year in college, when dorming, some dude name keith told me about hot deals, so i was a lurker, big time. i think i registered around early 2000, but i dont know what my acc name was, so i re-registered under this one :) so it was word of mouth and I was attracted by the HOT DEALS

danny~!
 

LanEvoVI

Golden Member
Jul 18, 2001
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I used to make fun of my friend for spending all of his time posting here...

Now I'm the one addicted to the AT forums...go figure. :)
 

eyecandy

Senior member
Jun 5, 2001
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I dated FFMCobalt starting around the time he joined and after hearing about this place from him and 1967MustangMan and ViperGTS, who are both really good friends of mine, I decided to come over and check it out.

Got addicted for a while, then didn't have a whole lot of internet access. FFMCobalt came down here for a week and kept using my computer to check the forums and alas I was readdicted. :) I think I'm stuck for life. Now if someone would only give me a subscription......
 

erikiksaz

Diamond Member
Nov 3, 1999
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I was surfing Techbargains, and they kept mentioning Anandtech as a deal haven, so i emigrated.
 

Kanalua

Diamond Member
Jun 14, 2001
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I was on Bens Bargains and there was a link to some guy who sends out email notices of Hot Deals. would respond to the Anandtech links, and soon was perusing the OT as well....
 

ShawnReeves

Diamond Member
Apr 7, 2000
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I heard about it from someone from Ebay. I Won the auction and somehow they told me I should check out anandtech.com
Damn I wish I could remember who told me so I could give them a HUGE thank you! I have saved thousands of dollars here in the past couple years.
 

WTT0001

Golden Member
Jan 2, 2001
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It was from tom's hardware. I don't know how I got there but when the big P3 1.3 fiasco occured he mentioned Anand so I came on over and It has been my favorite out of the 3 (Sharky was there) ever since.