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Ask Slashdot: What Review Sites Do You Consult For IT Equipment?

Posted by Soulskill on from the throw-darts-at-a-part-catalog dept.

JackAcme writes "Searching for product reviews via Google mostly turns up sales sites masquerading as review sites. Consumer reviews on Amazon and other big retailers are suspect since so many manufacturers are paying for positive reviews. Where do Slashdotters turn for reliable, informed reviews of new hardware and software?"

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  1. ArsTechnica by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Ars for computers, GSM Arena for phones.

    1. Re:ArsTechnica by ifiwereasculptor · · Score: 4, Interesting

      This. I usually check Tom's Hardware, too, but keep in mind they mostly care about gaming. Also, Phoronix is the only site AFAIK that does Linux HW reviews.

  2. Re:My top sites by Rob+the+Bold · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Oh, right, it only posts news that matters.

    I haven't seen that motto lately . . .

    --
    I am not a crackpot.
  3. Laptop Reviews by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I like notebookcheck.net for laptop reviews.

  4. Re:Newegg by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Interesting

    Yes you can do that, but it is easier to criticize something by pretending you can't.

  5. Re:Spiceworks and expertsexchange by EmperorOfCanada · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The day google seemed to demote experts-exchange.com was one of the best days on the internet.

  6. Re:My top sites by PPalmgren · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I like these sites too, and I'd like to give a special shout-out to Toms and Anandtech for their investigative approach. Anandtech was first to provide the reason the signal attenuation issue for the "you're holding it wrong" iPhone and I beleive Toms was the first to break the 'microstutter' issue on AMDs previous generation of graphics cards (correct me if I'm wrong on either of these). I think one of these sites was the first to address monitor input lag as well, and Anandtech addressing the recent benchmark cheaters.

    They both have their black marks though. Anandtech used to be very hardware focused for the open builder, but now spend a lot more focus on mobile and especially Apple, so you can't use them as a go-to source for a total comparison of top performing products since they don't review enough competitors. Toms had some kind of bias scandal I think, but I still find them to be a good source of gaming information and their charts and 'of the month' are great tools to get the best bang for your buck when shopping for a new system.