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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Harsh3090416 - Friday, November 13, 2009 - link
Whatever you do don't take out the lastest news by dailytech. B/c i am sure that if you do so the pageviews will definetly do down. I love the articles on anandtech alot been a anandtech reader since i was 12! I am currently working on getting my own website up right now (: will let you know when i do soLezmaka - Saturday, November 14, 2009 - link
The DailyTech links are nice, but some of the writing is just painful to read. I've found myself clicking on the stories less often and mainly on things that aren't reported elsewhere. But that's not Anandtech's fault of course.sciwizam - Friday, November 13, 2009 - link
+1 for Dailytech, it's what makes me refresh anandtech, even though I know I can directly go to dailytech website.nowayout99 - Friday, November 13, 2009 - link
+2 for Dailytech, I like having the headlines down the side!Eeqmcsq - Friday, November 13, 2009 - link
+3 that. The DailyTech list is nice to have on the side bar.Devo2007 - Friday, November 13, 2009 - link
+4 (how long will this continue). I use those links far more than I visit the DailyTech site directly (even though both are bookmarked).OCNewbie - Saturday, November 14, 2009 - link
+5 I really really like having the DailyTech links on the right, or at least visible from the main page. I visit AT multiple times daily, and am always checking out, and clicking on, the latest DT stories.Griswold - Saturday, November 14, 2009 - link
-10Getting rid of DailyMick wouldnt make a difference to me.
yacoub - Saturday, November 14, 2009 - link
hahah I sort of agree. If i want DailyTech, I'll go there. Anandtech homepage should be about Anandtech, not full of links that just send traffic off-site. That's not helpful.Also, those asking for articles on one long page - that's highly unlikely as well, given that the point of breaking articles up into pages is to increase click rates and page views for advertising purposes.
Transisto - Sunday, November 15, 2009 - link
maybe having a Table of content near the top would also help as I have to find is somewhere between the end of the article and the comments.As for the dailytech ??? I never noticed that, nice, but I visit 50+ site a day I don't see the point in having 2 site in one.