(pre-built) Bringing back an old thread...

[MatthewF01]

haha some of you may remember this lunacy..

http://www.michaelscomputers.com/pressrelease.htm

Saying his 3.4Ghz P4 EE's are outperforming the "AMD ATHLON FX-51 3400+" [thats right...doesnt exist] by "65%" and "40%" more than the G5.

So does that mean that the G5 apparently outperforms the FX-51 (or in fairytale land, the FX-51 3400+) by 25%?

and on the main page,
A few reasons to own the world's finest MX8:

Fastest Processor - Intel's Pentium 4 3400MHz 'E' HT Processor

Sorry AMD...your just not powerful enough!



huh? who the hell is this guy.

i just thought it was kinda funny to see him push the latest products since we all last made fun of him...

 

[Abhi]

Go to off topic / General Hardware

 

[Abhi]

btw...
" Michael's Computers systems are sold throughout the United States and also ship as far as Canada, Alaska, Ireland, Australia, Germany, UK and London."

Isnt London IN the UK?

 

[reverend1313]

That guys has been widely published that hes a fraud. And posts fake and incorrect information... Such as him stating that he is selling computers now with XP SP2 on it. Which isnt even at RC2 yet.

 

[Shivatron]

Originally posted by: Abhi
btw...
" Michael's Computers systems are sold throughout the United States and also ship as far as Canada, Alaska, Ireland, Australia, Germany, UK and London."

Isnt London IN the UK?

Isn't Alaska in the United States?

 

[LasombraB]

But guys, his computers have a 8yr warrenty. You can beat that.

 

[reverend1313]

I wish I could remember all of the old details he had on his computers when he got bashed so so so bad. I think it was stuff like "oh im seeling AMD athlox XP 3900's" it was something that false I just cant remember where the links were prolly in old threads

 

[MatthewF01]

[then can i get a mod to move this to off-topic? i thought this might be the right place...]


yea, old thread is gone, but i stumbled on his site a few days ago.


did anyone ever try to contact him?

 

[Abhi]

tom's article on micheals computer was good

 

[Steve]

Going to start reading shortly, myself....

http://www.tomshardware.com/column/20040317/index.html

 

[MatthewF01]

Originally posted by: sm8000
Going to start reading shortly, myself....

http://www.tomshardware.com/column/20040317/index.html

wow...awesome article (and i hate THG).


hah you gotta see the video...that guy is such an idiot.

"OPTIMIZATIONS"

right.

 

[Falloutboy]

lol i'm board maybe I"ll email him acting like I want to buy one of his systems

see if I can string him along for awhile and see where I get

 

[MatthewF01]

Originally posted by: Falloutboy525
lol i'm board maybe I"ll email him acting like I want to buy one of his systems

see if I can string him along for awhile and see where I get

haha i was thinking of that too!

do it! get him to talk about his OPTIMIZATIONS. ask him for documentation on this AMD ATHLON FX-51 3400+ which he claims is a customized optimized proc.

Then post his responses (if any)... is it illegal to do that? hah is ANYTHING illegal on the internet... *sarcasm*


by the way, i too have a mobile 2400+... im only doing 2500mhz or so on 1.9v with an SLK-947u and a YSTech adjustable 80mm fan... whats your voltage at, and what are you benching at?

 

[not5150]

Hello,

Of course I risk spontaneous combustion coming to this forum.... but heck life is short

Glad you guys like the article and video, as some Anandtech editors can tell you, hardware reviews do get kinda boring after a while. Tracking Michael down and filming him was a nice change of pace from my office drudgery.

Anandtech should try to get one of Michael's machines (if they exist), because we sure as hell aren't getting one!