Why did you join Anandtech?

[Xyo II]

I needed to build my own computer.

 

[imported_Mike]

The boyish dreams of free booze and threads littered with T&A. So disappointed, but threads like this make me glad I stuck around anyways.

 

[tfinch2]

I needed to buy some used HW, so a friend referred me. For awhile I never used to post in OT.

 

[chuckywang]

There was a gun to my head.

 

[imported_Mike]

Originally posted by: chuckywang
There was a gun to my head.

I would have chose death if I were you.

 

[FoBoT]

a dead cow appeared to me in a vision and told me to

 

[lokiju]

Used to read reviews on the main site, just decided to check out the forums one day and started off here in OT.

Here I am today over 3 years later.

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: snoopdoug1
So... Why did you join? For me, it was because I needed help putting my first computer together.

Not sure if this is a repost, but I searched(not that that means anything) and couldn't find anything.

same exact reason as you
actually...here is my first post
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...threadid=549407&enterthread=y&arctab=y

edit..and my name is not Anil. I was paranoid back then that this forum is full of hackers and if i gave my real name away, they would hack my computer

 

[buck]

Info and FS&T forum.

 

[yllus]

Looking for user reviews on how the Golden Orb for the Socket 370 performed.

 

[Hikari]

I think I got bored one day at work.

 

[Chaotic42]

I was looking for info on my Abit AX5.

 

[ForumMaster]

i built my first computer in 2002 from a google search that led to Tom's hardware. they had some links to the site. for a couple of years i just read the articles. then i saw the forums and registered. didn't post for nearly a year. then finally had some time as well as full internet access and started posting. have been hooked ever since.

 

[Manuwell]

'cos I was bored.

I still am.

 

[GuitarDaddy]

I was sentenced to do community service here due to petty white collar crime

 

[MrPickins]

Late in 2001, I was converting from Mac, and wanted to build my first pc.

I was browsing forums, and came across anandtech. I liked the people in the hardware forums, and so I stayed.
I found ATOT soon after, and I was hooked.

I had mostly lurked (low postcount), so I wasn't too worried about it when my account got lost in a forum software upgrade.

FWIW, that old P4 2.26 system still runs as stable as it did new.

 

[StevenYoo]

i liked the camraderie of nerds that AT offered.

and for hot deals and fs/ft

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

IIRC it was because I was having trouble with my Asus GeForce DDR card. I ended up selling it to someone here who promptly cooked it through overclocking.

 

[theprodigalrebel]

Had this question about Windows XP Pro and Media Center Edition. Then, I ventured into Politics & News - gave up after 5-6 posts.

Now, I just offer suggestions to people looking to build new rigs. I rarely start threads because I get all my answers from reading other people's threads. Occasionally, I nef here in OT to increase my post count.

 

[Nerva]

the chicks, definitely the chicks.

 

[MaxDepth]

I lurked about here for sometime before I made my first post. Bored surfing at work one day lead to me a local punk's personal page where he reviewed motherboards. I think he has since moved out of his parent's house.

 

[Garet Jax]

Hot deals baby.

 

[JackBurton]

I have no idea.

 

[PrinceofWands]

I actually heard about it when I was just getting into computers. I joined the forums because I went to work for @Home and was able to offer a lot of information in the networking and technical support forums. I only came into off topic (and later P&N) when I was out of the business and so had nothing else to do here.

 

[bigfil]

joined for hotdeals

didnt start posting in off topic until someone mentioned that it was there hehe