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Originally Posted by RockdaMan
Restaurant reviewers don't go into the kitchen and tell you what ingredients are in use and the cooking techniques in use.
They focus overarchingly on the final product.
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What Pogue does in the reviews I highlighted is like a restaurant reviewer referring to a "pizza", without giving you any details (e.g., toppings, crust, cheese, etc.). If you're eating at McDonald's, you don't need (or probably want
) much detail, but when you're comparing two upscale restaurants, you want details on the food more than, "The food was presented nicely and tasted great."
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Originally Posted by RockdaMan
Ditto with a reviewer. If a device is notably better because of some unique spec, they mention it. But if it's there and there is no difference in the outcome they might not. The Xoom was not measurably better because the spec sheet.
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A tech review (which Pogue's reviews ostensibly are) are most
certainly at least partially about the specs. Especially when you're comparing two devices. Pogue isn't writing these articles for a technical writing class. He's writing them to help people make
buying decisions. And he does his job with an obvious bias.
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Originally Posted by RockdaMan
It had a SD slot too. mentionable?
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I'd say an SD slot is
very mentionable, since some tablets don't have them (including, of course, his beloved iPad).