I have made a few other comments here, but I thought of something since.
I have been a reader of THG ( and then [H]
etc. etc. )since I gave up my DX4-120 for a K6II-350, through a P3-450, Athlon, Athlon XP and Athlon 64, while building many systems for friends and work (I am not a computer guy so I won't pretend to be one, but a physicist/chemist hybrid, and have used peltiers and the like before they became available off the shelf, o/c the PIII on the BE6 and the like.
In all that time I have seen that THG will publish an article such as this WHEN there is nothing significant to write about, review or comment on in the hardware offerings, perhaps feeling that they have to publish something, anything, perhaps something controversial as in this case to keep the readers glued to there Macs, j/k, PC.
[So come on Amtelatvidia, give 'em something to work on!]
This is the first day I have posted on THG as I feel very strongly about this article. The article itself is very poorly researched and executed, and certainly ends on a bad note when the author quotes user comments. When I "built" the 1720 laptop for my wife, I did 10x more research than is in that article; one would expect many many more price comparisons, especially given the more complete attention THG gives to CPU comparisons.
To the untrained eye, one would suspect from the article that Macs are a good value for money and I think we all know that this is most certainly not the case. As to whether the OSx is better than Vista is a matter of personal preference IF you are not a gamer, not to mention the fact that for me, using proprietary scientific softwares, excludes the Mac.
Being the author of several scientific papers, and I am no Nobel winner, just a lowly mid pack scientist, I would expect more of THG! Especially given their wide readership ... cf. Journal Impact Score. I do not know if THG has a trained paid staff or if it is a volunteer thing, but obviously Tuan has received a lot of flak over this, and of course he is an individual not just a name. Perhaps rather than berating the individual, the community could be more supportive, as of course we all fail from time to time in our work. As a research scientist I spend 90% of my time banging my head against a brick wall! Of course, the article could have been a ploy to attract attention? Maybe the author is a PC guy who loves OS X and has unknowingly, with good intention tried to project that to the community? Maybe the editors should have contended the article citing that further information was required?
In summation, when in the absence of new hardware available for review, perhaps THG could offer more attentive reporting of hardware. This might include mid-range home built PC's, more intensive motherboard comparisons (sensibly priced) more HDD raid comparisons, extensive cooling tests, more news relating to Keyboards, Mice, Speakers and Monitors, Printers and scanners. I know the bread and butter of THG is in the case, but in the absence of advances here, these would be helpful.
In addition to this, should THG wish to flirt with Mac, perhaps a more thorough comparison of Mac and PC hardware might be warranted. A realistic comparison of operating systems would also be welcome. Perhaps even an article on Hackintosh vs Mackintosh?
What about trying to build a home brew in comparison to an Alienware or XPS? (An aside ... I had an alienware laptop through a former employer, it was trouble!).
Anyway ... lets support THG and tell them what we want to have reported, not that we dictate, but that we support them and what they do!
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