What do you all think of the Inquirer.net?

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I know the www.theinquirer.net is generally regarded as a joke by people who actually know anything about computers/technology, and rightly so :o but what do people on here think of it?

Does anyone actually read it? (apart from having a laugh)

And is anyone else insanely bored or all the Vista bashing they do?

I find it suspicious how all the comments have to be approved aswell when they already have the anti-spam numbers you have to enter when posting. As if they mostly approve ones that agree with them, especially when bashing MS, and/or Vista. Or maybe Inq readers really are that stupid?

It just amazes me how a website, that seems to of been started by some old chav (Mike Magee) and has about 50 million spelling mistakes in every article, spreads FUD daily, plus has very few news articles and lots of personal ramblings by people who clearly have no clue or even journalistic skills, has become so popular... :confused:
 
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They have hit the nail on the head a few times regarding tech rumours. I personally enjoy their style of writing and think its hilarious esp. with all the different play on words thay have (calling MS 'The Vole' etc.).

And imo, MS and Vista deserve the bashing they get. Now that, any techie will appreciate....
 
I read it fairly regularly but don't take it seriously, they're like the online computing version of the Sun, you read it if you want some cheap laughs without being bombarded by graphs and stats.

Can anyone recommend some better sites? I normally use NewsNow IT or Toms Hardware if i'm after reviews or spec info, anything else worth reading?
 
I work with some of the the cleverest computer bods I've ever met. Most of them read it regularly.

Their Vista bashing is of course completely justified. There's only one thing you can do if it really irks you, you know...
 
Wasn't theinq started by a ex reg staff member? anyway i quite like theinq. Many people moan about how they post rubbish but i think its good how they post any rumours they hear and they always seem to be quite clear when it is just a rumour.
 
Mike Magee was one of the founders of The Register, and I have both that and The Inquirer in my favourite lists. Sometimes you don't want indepth news, plus I like the policy of not signing NDA's
 
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And imo, MS and Vista deserve the bashing they get. Now that, any techie will appreciate....
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I'd like to know why you think Vista deserves bashing?
In comparison to when XP first came out it's way better and infinitely more stable, XP before SP1 was a joke, it had about a million security holes, and one massive one regarding Plug n' Play that managed to get reported all over the TV news.
I think too many so called "tech" people are just teenagers and just go with the crowd, have not even used Vista, and are too young to even remember when older MS OS's came out. They all got bashed at first, and XP got it loads, all i ever heard was "i'm sticking with Win2k, no point upgrading to XP!" now a lot of these same people are the ones who love XP and bash Vista... i'm sure history will repeat itself again. It's funny because the reasons these people bashed XP were the exact same things you hear about Vista now... for instance "2k is more stable, faster, it does everything i need!" etc.
The thing is XP has been around for an abnormally long time without a new Windows OS coming out that people have got so used to it. XP is basically just Win2k at the core with a face lift - the kiddie Fisher Price styling and colours. Not only this but XP was a far smaller technical and features leap from Win2k than what Vista is to XP.

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I work with some of the the cleverest computer bods I've ever met. Most of them read it regularly.
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They must only read it for a laugh then? I admit they are right sometimes, but it really is 50/50 with them. Most is pure speculation and personal views. Which a tech "news" site shouldn't be about... that's for blogs.

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The register (www.theregister.co.uk) beats it imho. And they have BOFH (B*****d Operator From Hell) :)
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Didn't the creator of Inq, also start up the Register? but left or something... i cant remember. I agree it's better though.

Personally i read dailytech.com, just a shame it's american... but the site doesn't look like it was designed by a 10 year old, and while not perfect it's infinitely better than Inq.
 
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I read Inquirer because of it's a little fun poke at the industry. So I take it completely seriously? No - however it has covered some interesting concerns and ideas (that doesn't mean I think it's done completely objectively!).

Just one of the websites on my morning read.
 
MR.B said:
I know the www.theinquirer.net is generally regarded as a joke by people who actually know anything about computers/technology, and rightly so :o but what do people on here think of it?

Does anyone actually read it? (apart from having a laugh)

And is anyone else insanely bored or all the Vista bashing they do?

I find it suspicious how all the comments have to be approved aswell when they already have the anti-spam numbers you have to enter when posting. As if they mostly approve ones that agree with them, especially when bashing MS, and/or Vista. Or maybe Inq readers really are that stupid?

It just amazes me how a website, that seems to of been started by some old chav (Mike Magee) and has about 50 million spelling mistakes in every article, spreads FUD daily, plus has very few news articles and lots of personal ramblings by people who clearly have no clue or even journalistic skills, has become so popular... :confused:
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It's a successful journalistic publication thats run on a razor budget and is synonymous with hardware. It churns out a high number of articles with little regard for facts/accuracy and even allows people to contribute fairly flexibly... hence giving it almost a democratic feel - which might explain the popularity.

I think the fact that it is willing to entertain rumour also helps.
 
I think if you you take these websites as a source of information, in the same light as the Sun as a newspaper, the fast and the furious as a film, its perfectly fine.

People get bent out of shape because what essentially is a rumour mill is inaccurate a lot of the time *gasp* *shock* *horror*

I joked with some friends about somehow finding a way to reference it in our dissertations. Funnily enough, it didn't make it.
 
MR.B said:
I'd like to know why you think Vista deserves bashing?
In comparison to when XP first came out it's way better and infinitely more stable, XP before SP1 was a joke, it had about a million security holes, and one massive one regarding Plug n' Play that managed to get reported all over the TV news.
I think too many so called "tech" people are just teenagers and just go with the crowd, have not even used Vista, and are too young to even remember when older MS OS's came out. They all got bashed at first, and XP got it loads, all i ever heard was "i'm sticking with Win2k, no point upgrading to XP!" now a lot of these same people are the ones who love XP and bash Vista... i'm sure history will repeat itself again. It's funny because the reasons these people bashed XP were the exact same things you hear about Vista now... for instance "2k is more stable, faster, it does everything i need!" etc.
The thing is XP has been around for an abnormally long time without a new Windows OS coming out that people have got so used to it. XP is basically just Win2k at the core with a face lift - the kiddie Fisher Price styling and colours. Not only this but XP was a far smaller technical and features leap from Win2k than what Vista is to XP.
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Lies. I still bash XP :p win 2k is the best! hehe
Shame it doesn't play aoe 3 though :( tis just annoying!
 
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