AnandTech editor-in-chief & CEO Anand Lal Shimpi comments on Computex 2002

[NFS4]

http://digitimes.com/NewsShow/Article.asp?datePublish=2002/06/05&pages=PR&seq=206

 

[NFS4]

Bump for the lunch crowd

 

[Ryan]

cool beans

 

[Adul]

w00t

 

[kgraeme]

From the article:

Upon suggestions that he should definitely include drop tests in his comparisons ? to check if screens get cracked or dislodged ? his reply was that ?the manufacturers probably wouldn?t appreciate that.? With an attitude like that, the world?s mobile computing manufacturers should be lining up at his door.

SLAM!!!

 

[joohang]

Originally posted by: kgraeme
From the article:

Upon suggestions that he should definitely include drop tests in his comparisons ? to check if screens get cracked or dislodged ? his reply was that ?the manufacturers probably wouldn?t appreciate that.? With an attitude like that, the world?s mobile computing manufacturers should be lining up at his door.

SLAM!!!

OUCH

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: joohang

Originally posted by: kgraeme
From the article:

Upon suggestions that he should definitely include drop tests in his comparisons ? to check if screens get cracked or dislodged ? his reply was that ?the manufacturers probably wouldn?t appreciate that.? With an attitude like that, the world?s mobile computing manufacturers should be lining up at his door.

SLAM!!!

OUCH

I'm slow...what's the "slam" and "ouch" for?

 

[Daemon_UK]

I nearly laughed so much, i almost chocked

 

[Athlon4all]

I'm slow...what's the "slam" and "ouch" for?

lol, yea I'm a little slow too. Somebody help me out?

 

[joohang]

Read the quote. If I am understanding this correctly, it is a criticism against Anand.

 

[kgraeme]

Originally posted by: joohang
Read the quote. If I am understanding this correctly, it is a criticism against Anand.

Yup. As in he won't really put the notebooks to the real-world tests like a 3-foot drop from a desk.

I also found this interesting:

Asked why he did not pick a dedicated notebook or PDA manufacturer, he replied that with the close connections formed because of AnandTech?s motherboard coverage, Asustek was the easiest to arrange. He is very keen to develop relationships with mobile computing manufacturers and begin testing products, but it takes time to build confidence in his testing ability in a new industry.

I always wondered why he didn't review mainstream notebooks like Dell, Compaq, Sony. You know, notebooks people actually buy.