Our flight out of San Fran got delayed on Friday due to weather issues, thus forcing us to miss our connection. The airline offered us to fly later Friday night or leave another day, so we decided to leave on Sunday and spend the weekend with family in Walnut Creek. The weekend was a lot of fun, I got some work done but it was nice to bond with my new family outside of brief interactions at the wedding. Vinney and I both come from very large families, so the combining of the two means that I'm even more overwhelmed by the number of people and their relations than I was before. A much larger portion of Vinney's family is here in the states, whereas the vast majority of my family is still back in India/Iran or in other parts of the world.
IDF was quite refreshing for me for a couple of reasons:
1) Vinney was with me, it was the first IDF where I was truly happy and felt at home rather than feeling like I was busying myself to escape from home.
2) It actually got me excited about the industry moving forward, for the longest time I felt that we had been in a bit of a performance rut with no clear way out. Although the landscape will most definitely change going forward, the technology and the demand for performance will undoubtedly increase even greater than it has in the past. The period we're in now is much more of a transitional time, but the period we're heading towards is going to be an even bigger deal than the 3D revolution of the mid to late 1990s.
3) Intel was more open than I expected about their future projects, they still didn't disclose everything on the menu but they did a lot more than they have in years past. Intel definitely presented a side of the company that looked like they had their act together.
Now I don't believe Intel is going to make a return to the king of performance anytime soon, and I think AMD will continue to do extremely well and may hold on to the enthusiast approval for quite some time, but as for the direction that Intel is heading - I think it makes sense.
I'm playing catchup all day today, but once I get my schedule back in line I will give you all an update on what's coming down the pipe.
Take care.
IDF was quite refreshing for me for a couple of reasons:
1) Vinney was with me, it was the first IDF where I was truly happy and felt at home rather than feeling like I was busying myself to escape from home.
2) It actually got me excited about the industry moving forward, for the longest time I felt that we had been in a bit of a performance rut with no clear way out. Although the landscape will most definitely change going forward, the technology and the demand for performance will undoubtedly increase even greater than it has in the past. The period we're in now is much more of a transitional time, but the period we're heading towards is going to be an even bigger deal than the 3D revolution of the mid to late 1990s.
3) Intel was more open than I expected about their future projects, they still didn't disclose everything on the menu but they did a lot more than they have in years past. Intel definitely presented a side of the company that looked like they had their act together.
Now I don't believe Intel is going to make a return to the king of performance anytime soon, and I think AMD will continue to do extremely well and may hold on to the enthusiast approval for quite some time, but as for the direction that Intel is heading - I think it makes sense.
I'm playing catchup all day today, but once I get my schedule back in line I will give you all an update on what's coming down the pipe.
Take care.
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Rick - Friday, March 11, 2005 - link
Anand,#12 was my last post ever. I promise! I was just having fun. Seriously! I really do love the site and appreciate all of your hard work. I'm really glad people like you dedicate your time to reviewing stuff so that geeky consumers like me can make good decisions. I've saved a ton of money over the years because of you. Thanks, bro.
Ricky Rick
Rick - Friday, March 11, 2005 - link
Anand,Good save with #11. Oh, by the way, the apostrophe in "parent's" should actually come after the "s".
Rick
Rick's Father again - Friday, March 11, 2005 - link
Whoops, that should be access, because I know Rick will get his panties in a twist over it.I am Rick's Father - Friday, March 11, 2005 - link
No, there shouldn't be a period at the end of the words "posting" or "intelligent" in my previous post. Your high school should provide courses that cover this matter.Pretty funny that you think I'm the "AnandTech Fan" guy. You're exactly why paranoid Internet n00bs with short attention spans should never have assess to the parent's computer.
Rick - Thursday, March 10, 2005 - link
Anand,Thanks for offering to change the name of your site. It's seriously not necessary, but I'm flattered that you have so much repect for me.
Oh, by the way, if you're going to keep posting comments under fake names ("I own Rick" at joshpuc@yahoo.com? Come on, man!) you really need to disguise your obvious writing style. For the last time, dude, you need to end sentences with periods in the appopriate places!!! Example: "Rick, you're not very intelligent, posting on the internet just isn't your strong suit." There should be a period after "intelligent" and "posting" should start a new sentence. It's not that hard, man! Focus!!!
Love,
Ricky Rick (a.k.a., I rule!!!)
AnandTech Fan - Thursday, March 10, 2005 - link
I agree with #6, you simply aren't intelligent. Have you ever read THG's reviews. They get the products, do a two paragraph introduction and then don't explain anything about the product. All they do is a stupid photo shoot of the product and just label the pictures in one line to explain the products. Yeah, that's really in-depth. Toms went completely downhill with Tom Pabst himself stopped writing.Did you know that Tom, Anand, Sharky (maybe a few others) are pioneers of the hardware reviewing industry. No one had thought about reviewing computer hardware and publishing reviews on Internet, but these people did (Yes, they followed each other, but they all set their standards high). There is a thing called, "Best" in every business. You don't have to be the best to make more money, but you can be the best in anything.
I am sure all companies are aware of Toms, PCMag and AnandTech, but how many people actually know the founders and respect them. Guranteed that all three publications are businesses, but AnandTech and TomsHardware are known by companies for people like Anand and Toms. Why else do you think AnandTech is one of the top three hardware sites on the Internet today, globally.
Anand was 15 when he started AnandTech and quickly gained the trust of those who visited his site. We have literally seen him grow on AnandTech, so trust me a select few would know him well (even if it's virtually).
Toms is only in it for the hits (not that there's anything wrong with it). My "favorite" editor Omid Rahmat has nothing better to do with his time than simply call their readers "AMD Fanboys" among other things. Yeah, that's real professional.
By the way, I don't think Anand would even have to waste his time to persuade a stupid reader into thinking his ways. When you have almost four million people reading your site every month, a mere maggot won't make a difference to him.
AnandTech Fan - Thursday, March 10, 2005 - link
You know Rick you're right, it was pretty lame of me to log in under a fake name and pretend to be supporting myself, as a sign of my repect for you I'm thinking about changing the name of my site to "RickTech", thanks also for the advice on grammar and syntax, all of the great minds of our era have had flaws, my main one is my bad writing.I own Rick - Thursday, March 10, 2005 - link
Rick, you're not very intelligent, posting on the Internet just isn't your strong suit. Tomshardware is indeed quite fitting.Rick - Thursday, March 10, 2005 - link
Anand (er... I mean, "AnandTech Fan"),Kind of embarassing to log in under a fake name and then have someone call you out, isn't it?
I was just joking yesterday. Perhaps I was a little harsh. I apologize.
Seriously, though, do you really believe that part about you being "...the world's most repected [your typo] hardware reviewer"? Come on, dude! Even your own words or praise contain typos! Don't get me wrong, I repect you, too. But you ain't the best in the world, brother. Ever been to Tom's Hardware Guide or heard of a thing called PCMag? You offer one perspective on things. One! There's no such thing as "best" in this business.
As you requested, this long-time reader will "go away". Just one last thing, though -- kiss my ass! I'm goin' to Tom's!
Later,
Rick R Richard
AnandTech Fan - Wednesday, March 9, 2005 - link
Rick (#3), I must agree that you have a great way of putting down people. You do realize that AnandTech was covering the IDF in sort of a live way, which meant they were probably writing as fast as they could before their next meeting with another company.When you have information to pass along to millions of readers who are expecting AnandTech to deliver their reports, the last thing you worry about are grammatical errors. Besides, as long as you are understanding what AnandTech is trying to say does it really matter if their writing is a bit off. AnandTech produces some of the best technology articles. Besides, I highly doubt AnandTech editors are writing an English paper for a grade and I bet they don't get very many annoying people like you who have nothing better to do than complain.
If you can't stand the mistakes then don't bother visiting AnandTech.
Apparently, you don't realize that Anand is the world's most repected hardware reviewer and yes, he has graduated college. It's pretty stupid that you come to read Anand's blog just so you can find grammatical errors. You might as well go read some random blogs, since you will find tons more mistake than AnandTech.
You really are a loser. Go away!