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Anyone that claims bias on either side probably hasn't looked at the history. That's all I'll say.

Embarassing! You must be referring to the Feb 19'th $300 PC article where Intel topped AMD becuse they spent $30 more on Intel than AMD and couldn't use an Athlon chip because it would have added $10 to the AMD price which would then have been $20 less than the Intel and better performing.

I've been coming to this site since early 1997 and back in those days every article was written by Tom himself (does he even work here anymore or as he gone back to medecine ???). I think he should consider doing articles again because yes the quality of reviews and such keeps degrading year after year ever since they opened labs 'round the world. This site used to be THE reference about anything computer related. Now it seems it is barely surviving with other sites (anand, firingsquad) putting reviews much sooner than THG. But I have to agree with poeple who say he forum is good and so is the news, I read stuff in tgdaily and 2,3 days later they have it on other sites so this is a positive point. But the reviews don't seem to be as thorough and complete as other hw sites.

As for the "THG is intel biased or not" well I always thought this site was one of the least biased towards any company and I hope it hasn't changed but nowadays the writers at THG seem more intersted in gadgets, cars and comic books than actual computer stuff.

In my opinion THG is trying to widen its appeal and transform itself from a hardware enthusiast's review site to a more consumer-oriented, C|Net-like site. Look at the front page. CL65AMG? Solar-power DS Lite? Not that there's anything wrong with the direction they're taking, I just hope they don't eventually forget the enthusiasts who have always been THG's most loyal readers..

I'd agree with that. And it isn't the usual forumz type ill-informed opinion, since I search for info to *disprove* what I think, not prove it. Just a higher standard of thought.

I looked for bias, and altogether I don't see bias.

Incompetence, sure....but THG has no monopoly on that of course. We'd all like it to return to former standards.

Yeah, the $300 PC was a mess but there were others. As memory serves, there was an article a while back which teased you with an (approx.) $30 upgrade to get a huge speed boost and it turned out it was just an upgraded HSF and OC! That's barely over bait and switch. I can point to others, but I'm still shaking my head over the car (???) articles on the front page! Like there aren't several thousand other websites that deal with car news!

As for the bias to one or the other side of the duopoly, I can't say that is as significant as just plain bad writing and editing!

Then today we have
Buyers' Guide - 26 Digital SLR Cameras
LaCie Ethernet Big Disk How to Remove Arrows from Shortcuts
How to Make a Solar-Powered DS Lite
A Beginner's Guide For WaterCooling Your PC
Intel Preps Integrated Memory Controller
Who wants a solar powered DS Lite?
Photography And cars now?

As for the bias I would have to say of late they are Intel favorites but a year ago I would have said just the opposite.

It's ok Baron, i still love you regardless.

I've been thinking about what I wrote last night and I think the problem with this site is this:

It's a too mainstream. When I think of THG, I think of Cnet. Cnet is definitely mainstream. THG used to be synonymous with enthusiasts and recently the site has slowly moving away from that niche. Certainly, mainstream is where the money is and I understand that you can't be everything to everyone, but don't forget where you started. You can have it both ways. There's been a lack of in depth analysis on hardware in the recent articles. Reviews aren't thorough and rarely explain how the technology works. On the other hand Anand and all the others get right down into the nitty gritty... they disect new tech, explain it, and then give a 10000 mile overview. With THG, it's just the 10000 mile overview. That's just not good enough for me.

What I'd like to say to THG is this: If you want to become a large tech media conglomerate, then just say so. And if you want to have it both ways, then do it right. Otherwise, drop the facade that this is a premier hardware enthusiast site, because right now it's no better than cnet.

You may say it's going mainstream via CNET... but wouldn't the owners of the site love to be bought out for $1B? 8)

Oh absolutely. But the question remains: does Omid want to make money or does he want to deliver a valuble and worthy product.

In my professional opinion, if you focus on the later the money will come. It just takes time.

Omid probably wants to make a quick profit off this site. In that case, building up add revenue and hits is the primary concern, not the content. (Though, you still need to have decent content.)

At least DaClan tries to put out some news for us. The thremal patse shootout was a nice read. And DaSickNinja does not even work for thg.
In fact some of the best articles were written by fellow forum goers.

Tom sold the website many years ago. He no longer as any part of this place.

Thats a very interesting analysis, and looking at it from that perspective, it seems very plausible. Sad if its true, but then with all the 'trendy' fluff gadgetry they've been writing about, it does seem at least partially true.

Sharp eye there Jesse.

Frankly, I'm worried. I read Gizmodo.com more than Toms now... ( )

Are you listening, Tomshardware writers?
-cm

[EDIT]: Typo removed.

Probably not. Every time we complain here in the forums, we are either ignored, or they get defensive and don't accept constructive criticism. Its not like we are the ones who visit the site most or anything...