Friday, August 30th 2024
AnandTech Shuts Down, an Icon of Tech News and Reviews Rides into the Sunset
AnandTech, a tech publication that practically everyone in the computing industry is aware of, announced that it is shutting down. Named after its founder, Anand Lal Shimpi, AnandTech was founded in 1997 by the then 15-year-old Anand, and went on to become one of the top sources of PC hardware and gaming news and reviews, particularly in the golden age of PC (the 1990s and the 2000s). It is one of the key sites that inspired the founding of TechPowerUp. Anand and his crew have remained our friends and peers throughout this time.
Some of the biggest tectonic shifts in the tech world were parsed through Anand's keyboard. At age 32, Anand left the publication he founded to pursue a job with Apple, handing it to his friend and editor, Ryan Smith, and publisher Purch, which was later acquired by Future PLC. The site would continue to maintain the highest standards of reporting and evaluation for the following decade. AnandTech says that Future PLC will keep the site up and running, so all of its invaluable content remains accessible. We will dearly miss you, AnandTech.
Some of the biggest tectonic shifts in the tech world were parsed through Anand's keyboard. At age 32, Anand left the publication he founded to pursue a job with Apple, handing it to his friend and editor, Ryan Smith, and publisher Purch, which was later acquired by Future PLC. The site would continue to maintain the highest standards of reporting and evaluation for the following decade. AnandTech says that Future PLC will keep the site up and running, so all of its invaluable content remains accessible. We will dearly miss you, AnandTech.
151 Comments on AnandTech Shuts Down, an Icon of Tech News and Reviews Rides into the Sunset
RIP, death of a Legend.
Hopefully the former staff do well in their future endeavours.
I was there when a few things went down. The Golden age of the Internet where you could learn to be an IT by reading Computer Currents/Micro Times. Even did tech reporting for a site or two during that time.
BUT once you sell your site the chances are that it will change and often than not these days not for the better.
I can validate on some what TheinsanegamerN comment as the quality of the content was declining almost as soon as Anand tech was sold.
An end of an era? Yea. But it turned into a crap site a long time ago.
Anandtech was going strong even after Anand left, they still had a few talented people working there. Since Ian left, however, the place has been a bit dark.
Nevertheless throughout the years there were some crazy talented people working there. I remember reading a phone review during the early years of android and I think it was Brian Klug who went into such depth that I kept thinking "why are these guys not killing it in the industry?" and soon enough he got hired by Apple. It used to surprise me that whatever they reviewed back then it was pretty much as deep a dive you'd get of that product.
They will be missed.
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I guess he's equipped and experienced enough to review PSUs up to a megawatt of power (coming to a
Now I remember another guy with academic background, Johan De Gelas, who used to write great reports from the distant world of servers, along with some testing, for AT. I enjoyed reading that too.
And if HUB are AMD biased someone needs to ask them to take down all of the AMD trash and bash content they have been doing the last couple of months. Many are going to get the impression they dislike AMD. :roll: