I have a separate blog that's about 25% done that I was hoping to post tonight, but seeing as how it is close to 4AM and I've got another early start tomorrow I'm going to save that one for tomorrow night and post this instead.
To those of you asking about the AT Mac section, it is coming. The site design refresh was pushed back from late May to the middle of June, there will be some new sections introduced with the new site - the Mac section inclusive. The first article in the Mac section will be the long awaited article about my 30 days with the G5 (and my subsequent integration of the G5 into my office). For those of you that are curious, the G5 is still running very well and it's still my primary workhorse. I will also add that the worst application I've used under OS X continues to be Microsoft Office X (ok so it's not an application), and that's coming from a user who is quite fond of the suite under Windows. I'll save the continued harsh criticism for a separate Macdate.
I'm slowly but surely getting back into the swing of things. It's been about a year since I've been able to have AT as my real focus every day and as much as I'd like to hit the ground running, I want to make sure I hit the ground sensibly. I setup my first test bed last week (the storage test bed) and things are proceeding smoothly, tomorrow (I guess technically today) I'm going to add a second and see if I can't get this new storage suite done before I leave for Computex.
That's right, it's that time again. This Saturday, Derek and I will be making the trip over to Taiwan to meet up with Kris and Wes for my first Computex in 2 years. I couldn't make it last year because the SARS-delayed Computex conflicted with school, but with that no longer an issue I'm ready to take the 14 - 18 hours of flights to wear a suit in humid weather that puts NC summers to shame. It's been so long that I'm having trouble remembering why Computex was my favorite large tradeshow, but I'm certain that once I see that show floor and get in the grind it'll all come back to me.
At this point I'm really exploring ideas for next steps. We're lucky enough to have a great team of writers here at AT now, giving me the flexibility to tackle a number of areas. I'm definitely putting storage as a top priority (finally), but I'm always looking for new ideas. Anything in particular that you all would like to see me handle? I can't guarantee you that I will, but I'll do my best to accomodate as much as possible.
Forgive me for any spelling mistakes, I'm dead tired and laying in bed on my laptop (not laying on my laptop...I know, my humor shows my age...times 10).
Goodnight and take care :)
To those of you asking about the AT Mac section, it is coming. The site design refresh was pushed back from late May to the middle of June, there will be some new sections introduced with the new site - the Mac section inclusive. The first article in the Mac section will be the long awaited article about my 30 days with the G5 (and my subsequent integration of the G5 into my office). For those of you that are curious, the G5 is still running very well and it's still my primary workhorse. I will also add that the worst application I've used under OS X continues to be Microsoft Office X (ok so it's not an application), and that's coming from a user who is quite fond of the suite under Windows. I'll save the continued harsh criticism for a separate Macdate.
I'm slowly but surely getting back into the swing of things. It's been about a year since I've been able to have AT as my real focus every day and as much as I'd like to hit the ground running, I want to make sure I hit the ground sensibly. I setup my first test bed last week (the storage test bed) and things are proceeding smoothly, tomorrow (I guess technically today) I'm going to add a second and see if I can't get this new storage suite done before I leave for Computex.
That's right, it's that time again. This Saturday, Derek and I will be making the trip over to Taiwan to meet up with Kris and Wes for my first Computex in 2 years. I couldn't make it last year because the SARS-delayed Computex conflicted with school, but with that no longer an issue I'm ready to take the 14 - 18 hours of flights to wear a suit in humid weather that puts NC summers to shame. It's been so long that I'm having trouble remembering why Computex was my favorite large tradeshow, but I'm certain that once I see that show floor and get in the grind it'll all come back to me.
At this point I'm really exploring ideas for next steps. We're lucky enough to have a great team of writers here at AT now, giving me the flexibility to tackle a number of areas. I'm definitely putting storage as a top priority (finally), but I'm always looking for new ideas. Anything in particular that you all would like to see me handle? I can't guarantee you that I will, but I'll do my best to accomodate as much as possible.
Forgive me for any spelling mistakes, I'm dead tired and laying in bed on my laptop (not laying on my laptop...I know, my humor shows my age...times 10).
Goodnight and take care :)
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GTaudiophile - Tuesday, May 25, 2004 - link
Anand: Again, congratulations to both you AND Vinney. I include her as I am sure she'll be seeing more of you now. Now that the diploma is in hand, the wedding plans can really get rolling! Any ideas for a honeymoon location yet?Also, can you please dig through your receipts and find out where you ate that ravioli in Dresden? I depart for a business trip to Germany on July 10. (Feel free to e-mail the location.)
As for input on where AT goes from here:
1) A thorough soundcard comparison would be nice.
2) A down-and-dirty IQ comparison between the ATI Radeon X800 series vs. nVidia GeForce 6800 series would be awesome, especially when PS3.0 becomes more relevant. Is it worth the hype?
3) Hardware roundups are always great, especially with motherboards. The more compared the merrier.
4) More reviews of peripherals: monitors, power supplies, HSFs, etc.
That is why AT is here: to provide unbiased and thorough reviews to facilitate the buying public's desire to add value to their computer hardware purchases.
cu - Tuesday, May 25, 2004 - link
I would like to see a review of the x800 and 6800 showing how they scale with different cpus like firingsquad did.Vidar - Tuesday, May 25, 2004 - link
I would love to see some more server stuff. Especially web and database benchmarks.Also, I think you talked about doing an article about the recent addition of the 4-way Opteron server to your server farm. Are you still planning to do it?
Vidar