Anand Tech

Andand Tech Website

Anand Tech is a great website filled with tons information for the purchasing of computers and their components. It is filled with reviews on numerous computers and components as well as other gadgets and electronics. I personally really like this website due to a few factors.


The first reason I like the website is that the reviews and the information is completely unbiased. This is important to me because many people that review products are usually biased to their preference and don't even take a look at something they think is beneath them. An example of this is how many people that do extensive research into the computer market would see that Apple has a huge price tag for what they are selling. This has created a fairly large bias against Apple in regards to it being taken seriously enough to be reviewed. This is where my appreciation of the website comes in. Despite this bias, they still review Apple products and deliver precise statistics. Of course there is still an opinion on products, but you will be hard pressed to find any negative comments without evidence backing up the claim.


The next factor which makes me like the website is the statistical information and well educated on what they are talking about. They not only post what they think of a product but throw up statistics backing their claim. I really appreciate the extensive tests they conduct on the product and the detail in which they post the information. Benchmarks they put up are also completely useful and are easily readable. There is no annoying "Well the Samsung S3 is faster," without proof. Instead they show the statistics like how the S3 has a 1.5ghz dual core processor vs. the Iphone 5's 1.3 ghz dual core processor. The fact that they also use the correct terms to describe products also makes them fairly credible. The fact that they know the difference between a CPU and a GPU is very important. They also understand the market of the products being sold and will comment on price whether it is extremely cheap or overly expensive.


The other factor I really appreciate that the website does is the organization. The overall organization of the website is very clean and precise. Other factors that make it visually appealing to me is the colors and flow of the pictures and background. It is eye catching however it does not overload your senses with to bright of colors or to much color. The color scheme instead delivers a simple contrast between each other. Logos and links which can often make a website's appearance seem messy, are also kept in an orderly and organized fashion. Another thing that I appreciate is the location and number of ads. On the page there is a max of three but when on an actual article page, there is only one. The ads on this site are also usually more on the conservative side and aren't garishly colored. This is important to me because a lot of times ads slow down or eat up bandwidth as well as use a lot of memory. This goes double for flash ads. A comparison I often make to judge how clean a webpage is to compare it to the yahoo home page which in my opinion is a nightmare of clashing links and way to flashy ads.


Overall, the Anand Tech website is superbly designed and a well made for today's media.