Ryan Shrout of PC Perspective Joins Intel as Chief Performance Strategist

[GorbazTheDragon]

Good on him I guess that he got a position with them, but I and nobody else should be ready to let slide the ethical standards that reviewers should be held to, nor let them be glossed over just because of a change in job description.

This has nothing at all to do with hate, and I would find it quite disgusting that people throw people like me who objectively criticise the professional conduct of others in the same basket as internet trolls who dox or whatever else these people for that same misconduct.

 

[Patriot]

I dunno, about the leaving to AMD would get less hate... Tech Report got a bit of a bad taste in my mouth when their head joined AMD. It's always awkward when one of the companies that they review hires them...

Ryan on the other hand... got his hand caught in the cookie jar for a paid intel review...

 

[Paganstomp]

Raja Koduri... Jim Keller... now Ryan. Who next I wonder?

 

[Patriot]

Raja Koduri... Jim Keller... now Ryan. Who next I wonder?

Jim does what Jim wants... he is a merc that designs amazing things. The interview of him at Intel is very interesting. He can't say straight up bad things but...

 

[Xzibit]

PCPerspective was down 29% Y-o-Y on unique traffic.

Might have something to do with it as well

 

[Fluffmeister]

Also Intel make loads of money, so that might have something to do with it.

 

[stimpy88]

So much hate and bitterness here it is absurd. I like pcper and I listen to the podcast every week. Its funny and informative. All the hate and bitterness here is pure jealousy.

Good luck Ryan, hopefully this is a sign that Intel will finally be turning over a new leaf.

When I read a review of a product, i'm kind of counting for it to be impartial, unbiased and honest. But if you want to sheep around in life, then that's fine too.

 

[rtwjunkie]

When I read a review of a product, i'm kind of counting for it to be impartial, unbiased and honest. But if you want to sheep around in life, then that's fine too.

Your opinion is that because he went to Intel he was impartial. That’s all it is, opinion. Bottom line, don’t ever slam someone for taking a job that means a better life and future for them and their family.

You should be doing the same in your own life. Otherwise it really does come across as jealousy.

 

[Redkaliber]

So right!

When you look out there for tech journalists that are actually worthy of the job title, you can pretty much count them on one hand. And even then, people like Kyle Bennett have virtually gone bankrupt after taking a stand. H-OCP is a shadow of its former self because of it being blacklisted by Intel, nVidia and others, and this is a cost that so many so-called journalists simply will not pay. Anandtech is another site that used to tell things how they were, but not any longer, basically ever since Anand left, but it started going downhill before then. They are all far to political in the way they approach reviews and news, to a point that the comments and forums there are full of people complaining about why they take so long to post reviews, and people pointing out to them that they hardly ever report on the industry itself, like the latest Intel debacle for instance, and are met with "we don't have the time", and "we don't report on minor rumours" etc... So what exactly are they doing there, if they don't feel like reporting on anything anymore?

Today most sites simply regurgitate press releases as if it was their own work, but soon, it will be ALL sites operating in this way, being nothing more than paid extensions of the tech industries marketing departments. The way the tech press is going, in another 5 years, there will simply be nobody qualified left to report on anything!

With 95% of tech sites run by nothing more than unqualified ex forum members and bloggers masquerading as journalists mostly in it for the "free" samples, the future is very bleak for the public, and for the customers of these companies alike.

Dont we just get to see benchmarks and make our judgements based on that?