CNET notebook computer reviews

I would tend to agree. Some of the information I read on those reviews are just plain bogus. If applicable, I generally watch the video (and practically hear "blah, blah, blah..." from the speaker because I'm paying more attention visually to the laptop itself) and read the user reviews for real-life opinions and situations, not just a few tests and benchmarks.

hmm, i think it has more to do w/ different brands having umpteen thousand different models to choose from. i've seen the same thing w/ compaq and hp when u simply go to the "new review" section, they've got 30 different variations of one line listed right off the crack based on when the notebook was released.

i wouldn't argue that jack, i was commenting more on the supposed preferential listing of say, 75 of IBM's computers, for instance. if apple has a new release for the ibooks, there are essentially only 3 configurations that would be listed, while perhaps only reviews, 1 for each screen size. the same may go for IBM, a review for the T or R series for instance, meanwhile every possibly configuration that IBM has for businesses to "express" order gets listed as well. a major pain in the arse for ppl just wanting to go and read a host of reviews across brands.

i don't know that i necessarily agree w/ the "dead wrong" reviews. in some ways a laptop has to suck pretty badly in order for it to be subpar, which explains why their are very fews piss poor ratings at cnet. (heck, if the 12" uniwill machines had been available at walmart when i was shopping for a thin and light, i may have bought it from them, and tweaked it from there.) personally i would like them to spread the scores out a bit, sometimes it just feels like they're saying slightly different things about different brands and models. i mean hey, has there ever been a laptop that has scored a 9 out of 10 even? (or one so poor it got below a 5?). why have the scale go that high if they never use it? perhaps at least a piece of their honesty re: the reviews lies in their shallow differences in rating them? also, what do u feel is a dead wrong review? the reviews i tend to feel r off r those which don't speak to my interests. i.e.-a review lauding the zd8000 as a must have machine even though i want mobility. now if one said a model had great battery life and it got 90 minutes that's a different story. in any case, one who uses one source of reviews for a purchase is a fool anyway huh? well, i'm done rambling...time for bed.

if you ask me it's Dell that Cnet tends to favor, not looking at the reviews but they seem to bend over backwards to give the most favorable possible impression of dell laptops.

The excess of models comes from IBM actually having a zillion different part numbers for each of their lines (A, T, and X). Pick up a TABook and you'll see that they have like 8 different models for education, 8 different general models, 2 p models, etc. I doubt there's any "in bed" stuff--in fact, I would think a manufacturer wouldn't want so many links to show up, because past a certain point you just confuse the consumer.

I don't doubt however that CNET has a buggy notebook selection thing...however there is a much greater chance of buggy behavior being the result of poor programming than intentional design.

And to be quite frank, most of the good reviews IBM get are deserved, CNET or otherwise. It's not like only CNET raves about IBM laptops, you know.