Core i7 Giveaway Winner, AT on Kindle, Site Redesign Preview and More
by Anand Lal Shimpi on November 13, 2009 12:00 AM EST- Posted in
- CPUs
We have a winner to our Core i7 giveaway from last week: Gregory Peng from California (user name Possum). Congratulations Gregory! I've just sent you an email to confirm your details, drop me a response and I'll get this out to you.
Below are the specs of the iBuypower system that Gregory won:
| iBuypower Core i7 System | |
| Case | Chimera Inferno |
| CPU | Intel Core i7 870 |
| CPU Cooler | Asetek Liquid Cooler |
| Motherboard | ASUS P7P55D-LE |
| Memory | 4GB DDR3-1600 |
| Video Card | ATI Radeon HD 4890 1GB |
| HDD | Intel 80GB SSD, 1TB |
| Optical | LG Blu-ray Reader |
| PSU | NZXT 800W |
| Media | 12-in-1 Card Reader |
| OS | Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit |
| KB & Mouse | iBuypower Keyboard & Mouse |
| Monitor | ASUS 23.6" Widescreen LCD Monitor |
We're already working on gathering hardware for the next giveaway, so this won't be your only opportunity to win. Thanks again to Intel and iBuypower for sending in the hardware for this giveaway and thanks to all of you for entering.
Next on the Agenda: AnandTech is now Available on Amazon Kindle Devices
I'm a Kindle 2 owner and I have to admit, it's sort of exciting seeing AnandTech on the device. Our 10 most recent articles are available for reading (subscription required) on the Kindle through Amazon's Kindle Store. If you've got a Kindle, check it out.
The AnandTech Redesign
I mentioned this a while ago, but we're finally at a point where we can give you guys an idea of what's coming. Have a look at the new AnandTech and be sure to leave your feedback in the comments section. We haven't implemented it in HTML so there's still room to tweak.
Not all of the ad placements are in (something I want to get your input on shortly) and there's going to be a ton of customization options offered as well. So keep those two in mind. The main carousel up top with three big article images will actually automatically rotate through a set number of articles so you'll be able to get a good idea of the past several articles on the main site without any scrolling.
Our main goal here was to make the site look and feel a lot more modern, as well as bring its functionality where it should be for 2010. There's a lot of cool stuff coming with more giveaways, more content and more categories of Bench next year. Here it is, constructive criticism is always appreciated :)
Coming Soon: A Call for Writers
It's a bit premature but I just wanted to give you all a heads up that we'll be looking for some new writers in the near future. If you've ever wanted the chance to get into the industry, it may be time to start polishing off your writing skills. Get those writing samples ready folks!
More details soon...
Anand Goes to India?
From 12/1 - 12/15 I will be traveling to India for the first time in 10 years. If you're an AnandTech reader in/around Mumbai, Delhi or Jaipur let me know. If we can get enough folks together we might do a reader meetup :)
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lopri - Friday, November 13, 2009 - link
A big thank you for this!PrezWeezy - Friday, November 13, 2009 - link
Hey Anand the front page looks great, but I'm really hoping the search gets an overhaul as well. I'm always remembering you had an article about something a while ago but when I use the search it's almost impossible to find.Also, your banner ads here at AT seem to be some of the best I've seen. They almost always are from reputable companies I want to deal with, telling me about products I am actually interested in. I also tend to ignore all ads when I see 10 different spaces on a site, so the 1, 3 at the most, slots is a great way to get (at the least my) attention.
Looking forward to seeing the new site!
freezervv - Monday, November 16, 2009 - link
+2 for better searchesIt's no doubt difficult because your articles are fairly categorically dense (in a good way!), but I was looking for the explanation of why graphics cards use half nodes (as opposed to cpus on whole nodes) the other day and couldn't find it. Afaicr, it's embedded with another piece.
icingdeath88 - Sunday, November 15, 2009 - link
+1 For making the searches better. I'd like to be able to sort through all of the articles ever, most recent to oldest. More functionality would be better of course, but that's the most useful to me.mckirkus - Friday, November 13, 2009 - link
Ratings for stories are nice but IMO only two things really matter:1> Fix the comment system. See reddit.com for an example of near perfection.
2> Allow sorting stories by popularity and the ability to filter by month. That doesn't mean show Top Stories today, this week, this month, all time. It means allowing searches like most popular "last week" "last month", etc.
You have great content regardless of how rounded the corners are. Focus on delivering that content the way people want it. And maybe throw in a few more videos in 2010. Also, animated charts would be nice. Keep up the great work.
Transisto - Sunday, November 15, 2009 - link
+1 for Reddit like ability to collapse comment tree, (open source btw)ComputerGuy2006 - Friday, November 13, 2009 - link
Well since you mention customizations, here are some suggestions:#1 There are 10 items displayed in that screenshot. I think that should be customizable (ex: 25 per page).
#2 I hate the comment section. There are few comments per page and the comments are threaded. Id love to have a quote system with the ability to have a flat view and change the “comments per page” to any desired number (ex 50 per page).
3# Since each page in an article are separately accessible, why not give people the option to customize that? Example: Id love to setup so all 2-3 pages articles are conveniently all on the same page.
4# I do not like the sidebar at the right. I think that space could be better utilized for article space. I seem to find myself writing lots of greasemoney scripts lately to stop these annoying sidebars.
spunlex - Saturday, November 14, 2009 - link
I agree with everything except #4. the dailytech headlines should be visible on the home page but not in articles. I also think the width should be customizable along with the multi page option. I would rather have a custom reading environment then a custom article list, since I spend most of my time on this site reading.freezervv - Monday, November 16, 2009 - link
"I would rather have a custom reading environment then a custom article list, since I spend most of my time on this site reading."Well-said.
Sangueffusor - Friday, November 13, 2009 - link
Will the new design take more advantage of width? The current design seems to be fixed and does not contract or expand. Running with a widescreen monitor and a pretty wide browser window, it seems it would be much more efficient to let the main content stretch its legs.