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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jdparker520 - Monday, November 16, 2009 - link
There's a lot of space at the top of the page devoted to banner add, nav, and eye candy on the home page. On a netbook this is going to be all someone sees when they land here, and then have to scroll to see any of the content. Add to that the fact that scrolling on a netbook is more painful than usual due to touchpad / slow page rendering and this could be a serious nuisance to your growing audience reading your site from a netbook.DJMiggy - Monday, November 16, 2009 - link
Will it still be mobile phone friendly? I like when I am on the can at work or out and about I can check out anandtech and dailytech for my fix of tech reviews and news.Suuave - Monday, November 16, 2009 - link
I haven't seen any posts congratulating our fellow poster. I would like to have won but I'm still happy for the one that did.7Enigma - Monday, November 16, 2009 - link
Anand,Absolutely love the site, but my 24" LCD only gets about the center 1/3 used when viewing Anandtech. I would greatly appreciate it if you allow the text area to auto-format as most other sites do when you increase/decrease the size of the viewing pane.
And rats, I really wanted that i7!
iwodo - Sunday, November 15, 2009 - link
The VB upgrade path has been much longer then expected.JimKiler - Sunday, November 15, 2009 - link
I hope the redesign takes advantage of all the widescreen monitors us readers use.rtector - Sunday, November 15, 2009 - link
I do like the new design. Please don't make the site require the use of JavaScript. I'm all for cool features, so long as there is a fall back.mmatis - Sunday, November 15, 2009 - link
is several months behind, but Anand as well:http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20090427">http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20090427
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Voo - Sunday, November 15, 2009 - link
As was already said, I'd like the DT links to stay as well.I don't need the twitter stuff - after all, everyone who is interested in this, could just follow you (I think that's how it works.. never used it^^), right? No need to spend so much screen estate on it, especially since it would kill the DT links..
rs1 - Sunday, November 15, 2009 - link
Actually, given that killing off the DT links would kill about 99% of the pointless political bickering that goes on here, I think it's a great idea.I'm sick of watching all the birthers, conspiracy theorists, and other nutjobs turn just about every story into a discussion about how Obama is the antichrist and bent on turning America into a communist utopia, or some other such nonsense.