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oh my.
it has been a special place for lots of us readers.
all the best with your future endeavours.
Good luck on wherever you end up!
Is the entirety of Hexus being shuttered and Tarinder and Parm are setting up a totally whole new site?
Wow , that took me by suprise , always looked to Hexus as my mainstay with PC tech. Can only say you've done a great job and all credit to you and the team. Thank you.
Metxus? Hexit?
Aah man...
Not sure what to say really, I feel like I've been here forever (I haven't been here as long as some) and its my go-to tech place :(
Thanks for the journey folks and good luck with your future stuff!
Hi, we're setting up a new site much along the same lines as HEXUS. It's fresh, exciting and will be live in time for the Alder Lake review. :)Quote:
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Scan free delivery? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tarinder
this could well be the new "Go To" site - wishing you luck with it :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tarinder
Asking the big questions :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Terbinator
I agree that the end of Game of Thrones was bad but damn....Farewell but WTF?!
With video reviews as per YouTube or just website based content?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tarinder
Whats the new URL, will you guys still run under the forums.hexus.net, will the old forums be moved, or will everything be lost in the move, or are they two separate entities (mmmm)?
What about competitions that are still running?
Any time frames? Got to be honest was not expecting hexus to every close...
Good luck wherever you end up David, and thanks for giving us a place to hang out for all this time!
At least you didn't sell the site to Facebook ;)
I've only been apart of the HEXUS and bit-tech family for just under 5 years but the community and everyone behind the scenes for both sites have been world class. I can't thank everyone enough.
Wow what a gut punch. This is going to screw with my OCD bookmark muscle memory. A truly big thanks for all the entertainment and help over the years and best wishes for the future.
Cheers :rockon2:
19 years and six months for me. Feels really painful to have to call time, but, as Arnie said, 'we'll be back'.
PHEW! Reading the first few lines can make you go into bizarre conclusions but hey the NEW WEBSITE is coming and we will be happy to join. Thanks Sir David for the cool website through the years where we have been getting free tech reviews without any subscriptions. We all know how hard it is to manage such a website but through the friendship of the tech community that some are here have been free to share their expansive knowledge through the exciting forums. Truly I have learnt so much through this site which I came to know through a random Google search.
Appreciate all of the time, effort and energy that's gone into Hexus over the years.
I wish all contributors great happiness and success in whatever comes next - and hope that what rises from the ashes of Hexus, borrows some of the character (and characters) we've come to enjoy over the years.
Thanks for everything guys. Hope the new site does well. Not many pure sites of Hexus's ilk around these days.
Wow! I have been enjoying this site for a decade at least. It is sad to see the good sites go. I look forward to the new site. Thanks, David and good luck!
Been reading Hexus a long time, thanks for all the hard work it was appreciated.
Best of luck with the new site.
T H A N K Y O U
For all those years bringing us the tech news and helping us discover new devices and software.
I am very, very sad to see this website ending as this was mine everyday go to website.
But I will respect your decision.
Well, David, I wish you all best in the future, health, happiness, and love.
May the Force be with you!
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (someone had to say it!)
Sad to see the cookie crumble.
Thanks to everyone involved in Hexus. David I wish you all the best in the future.
I will definitely be checking out the new site when it arrives.
So what I'm hearing is, there will be no Epic Giveaway this Christmas?
Surely this one is more appropriate..Quote:
Originally Posted by Apex
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Sorry to hear you are done, especially at bit-tech.net has shut up shop on the same day (you guys going to do something together?).
so.. I read this news and was slightly shocked about it, then read the bit about the new site and Parm 'n Tarinder being the bosses of it, then went YAY!!
then wondered why they didn't just take over the running of this site?
could be that new site is going to have better video stuff, updated forum things (with better picture hosting) and increased social site interaction? so a massive redesign of this place and probably break half the stuff on it. or just start again from scratch with shiny things.
then I thought 'wonder if the people over at the site i usually post on know about this yet?'
so clicked on the forums shortcut linky I have on toolbar and checked new posts, found Zaks thread https://forums.hexus.net/general-dis...-you-back.html. thought, oh its already been posted.
then had the dawning realisation i was being a confused idiot again... :stupid:
and thats that.
HEXUS and bit-tech are owned by the same company.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dribble
We spent a huge effort keeping them entirel;y separate. Very succesful too.
they both cease to publish new content or advertise as of today
Thank you for all the years of news, insight and reviews Hexus! Seems crazy to think that I've been visiting pretty much every day for over 20 years at this point :eek:
Best of luck with your future endeavors!
Matt.
There are only 2 websites I bother going to everyday, BBC for news and sport and Hexus so that I know what is going on in the world of tech.
How am I supposed to pass the time at work now!?
On a serious note, there are few places I trust to test and review products in a broadly neutral manner and this was certainly up there.
I don't purchase many tech items without checking the Hexus reviews first. It will be missed but thanks for all the work over the years.
"XcQ - link stays blue.."Quote:
Originally Posted by [GSV]Trig
That was some unexpected news! Like some others have mentioned, Hexus and the forums are prominent in my bookmarks bar and amongst a handful of sites I visit regularly for updates. It's pretty much the only forum I still bother with too, I find the community here is generally more mature than many other places. That's not to say we don't have the odd healthy debate, of course!
I'm also wondering about the nature of the change - will the Hexus name and content carry across, or is it a complete fresh start? It would be nice to see the partnership with Scan continued too, not just the free delivery (though that is much appreciated and nudges me towards using them over competitors a lot of the time) but some of the other exclusives it brings.
I'd be sad to see Hexus as an entirety get torn down - there has been a wealth of content and information both on the site and forums that remains useful.
In any case, all the best to OP, Hexus staff and the community as a whole! I hope to see you all after the move!
I've used Hexus for over half of my life, have met several people from here, still play video games with MadduckUK on a weekly basis and have done for over a decade now.
I got to do a few reviews around 2009-2010, which allowed me to cut my teeth and work for a different company for the past 4 years. This place absolutely helped feed my love for tech.
Been a great website and a fantastic forum. It's a shame it's coming to an end but it'll certainly be exciting to see what happens on Tarinder and Parm's new website.
Thanks for everything guys! Especially the help I received when going through a lot of stuff in my teenage years.
Was literally our pleasure, bailing you out of prison as a teen ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Hoonigan
Seriously though, it's all good for everyone.
One door closes.. a virtual hallways of new doors opens!
Thanks for all the hard work you've put into this site, it's been my go to for tech news for years.
I wish all the team the best in your future ventures and look forward to seeing what Tarinder and Parm come up with.
Crikey,just realised I have been on here for 15 years! That is the end of an era! :( So are you focusing on BOXFX then?
I am soooo sorry to see you stop publishing the Hexus guide as I have very much enjoyed your content over the years. I wish you a happy and healthy retirement.. Look forward to hearing from Tarinder and Parm as to how and when they will continue to keep us in the loop on technology changes and achievements. All the very best to you David and thank you.
I have come here for so many years i cant even recall how many, but if i say 10 - 12 years i dont think i would be lying.
Me being registered here, thats a whole other matter did not bother with that in the old days.
Good luck for the future mate.
As you say "all good things come to an end".
Thanks for al the hard work, something that's quite easy to forget (IE. how much work it takes running any sort of WEB site).
Thank you for everything David. It's been a blast - and the end of Hexus is such a shame to have to contemplate. Hope Tarinder and Parm can bring everything that made this site so readable to the new one. And yes, if the Scan connection comes with it, even better.
Best of luck everyone, see you soon :)
Thank you for making this place for us and best of luck for your future! Enjoy
As everyone else has said, thank you for All the work you've put in
Thank you, 'tis a real shame.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zak33
But I don't understand why the parent company would close down the websites. Why not sell the assets on to another publisher like Anand did with anandtech.com? If the sites are struggling to make revenue surely they could do what TechPowerUp have done and self-host advertising that can't be bypassed by adblockers, look at subscription models (patreon etc.) or even crowd funding? Seems like something else has happened behind the scenes...
Very sad news but thank you for everything. And thank you especially to the community all these years; there were some great discussions that I truly learned a lot from and not just about tech. I have taken it for granted for probably 15 years or more now since I started reading articles here as a teenager so this place has definitely helped shape who I am in many ways. This is something that I never really contemplated could happen and really makes me start to feel old that something I grew up with will be gone.
Where am I supposed to go now? Tarinder and Parm's hip new venture better not be on Tiktok or something, I don't think grandpa here is ready for that.
Thanks for all your work.
Good luck in what's to come!
I'm sad from my own selfish perspective because Hexus is my favourite tech site but I appreciate that nothing lasts for ever.
I'm very grateful for all the great reviews and news articles and I wish you all the best in your future endeavours.
Sad to see you and Hexus go. Everyone else has said what I think already. Hexus has bee my no. 1 goto tech site for a very long time and I will really miss the Hexus style. I like reading stuff at my own pace - rather than watching content. Thanks and bye.
What!?, no Ross you cant leave.. Dont leave us with that Terbinator bloke. What does he know about Tech, hes still stuck on a Pentium 4 with 32MB of Ram :)
its been great reading your articles over the past few years. So Thank you! All the best for the future.
Wow the site is closing? Sorry to see you go :(
Big respect though for not just selling it out to some company who will keep it going without proper content and just milk it for advertising revenue - better to close than that.
Thanks for all the great content over the years!
All the best guys, you have been a cornerstone of my passion and ultimately supported by career as well here in the UK. Thanks for all the fantastic reporting.
Give us some means of knowing what the new website will be. Maybe get a post on OC3D or Kitguru.
Best,
DK
Thank You! This website was special to me and it will be missed. I made a lot of choices based off the knowledge I got from Hexus and learned so much along the way.
Cheers!
MB
I haven't posted on here for a long time, but still read the website occasionally and I've always thought Hexus to be one of the most trustworthy sites when it comes to news and reviews.
I’ve been thinking for the past few hours what to say, but I don’t think I can put the gratitude and memories I have of this place in words.
When I think back on my teens, where I was most impressionable by peers, Hexus forums stood out above others as a place to have a well thought out, considered and engaging debate on all things tech and life.
Individuals such as the later peterb (rest in peace) and, of course, zak33 helped shape who I am today.
I consider Hexus as my online home; my childhood.
As countless others have said on here, thank you. For the memories, for the knowledge and for the opportunity to (virtually) meet many awesome individuals.
I wish you all the best :-)
Bums. This was my go-to website for techie news, and the forums are generally a pretty chilled place. I was finally closing in on 500 posts too, so I could add an avatar :D
But hey, all good things must come to an end. Thank you to all involved for a great website, and for all the great competitions too (I never won one, but that's not the point!)
I'm going to miss Hexus, but I'm also looking forward to seeing how Tarinder & Parm's new site shapes up. Best of luck with it guys.
Danny
I bid you a fond adieu, words simply don't express both my shock nor my best wishes for everything in your future.
Thank you for a very enjoyable 12 years since I found Hexus and the brilliant community contained within, and for the knowledge gleaned during my time residing here at my favourite tech site. I also wish Tarinder and Parm the best of luck in new endeavours, and look forward to migrating across. Seems to be a month for pastures new, how exciting! :hexlub:
Woahhhh! Blimey did not see that one coming at all. My browers on the various PC's, laptops and tablets are all set in the bookmarks bar with, in order Anandtech, Toms Hardware, Hexus and Kitguru, before going on to the Facebooks and other stuff. I've been following all of them since they formed I think and have always rated Hexus highly.
I'm assuming that coming to the age of 40 is telling you to do something else. I hope that what ever you are going on to works out at least as well as Hexus has, all the best.
Phrontis.
Wowsers yeah, I guess theses things don't last forever! Thank you for everything and best of luck for future endeavours! Looking forward to the new site as well, will have to update my bookmarks, this is one of the half dozen websites I visit at least daily.
And yeah, been living around here pretty much all my adult life...
It definitely feels like the end of an era for the UK tech-site scene. We lost The Inquirer two years ago, and now Hexus. Ah well. Time waits for no-one.
I'll always have good memories of this place. Particularly PSU reviews - I think Hexus was one of the first places to do PSU reviews that looked at actual useful characteristics of the PSU, like ripple and efficiency. There's more places doing that now, but it was certainly a novelty back in the day.
Best of luck to Tarinder & Parm with their new endeavours, and good luck to David with whatever he decides to do next.
Damn :(I still visited the site daily but looking forward to what comes next from Tarinder and Parm. Good luck to all of you at Hexus and thanks.
Very sad to read this. Hexus has been the only tech website I habitually read on a daily basis. Not only has it been trustworthy and informative, it is nice to read without being bombarded with adverts.
Best of luck with whatever you go onto next.
Thank you.
End of an era! This is the only tech site I visit regularly - sincere thanks to all the Hexus team for many years of quality reporting and reviews. And all the best for the future :D
:eek:
Sad news. I enjoyed the waffle free reviews and coverage for longer than I can remember.
I have to say that I\'m annoyed ..... that I got beaten to the "thanks for all the fish" remark.
I\'m also a bit conflicted. It is very sad to see the end of an era, especially one I\'ve been closely involved in for so long, yet at the same time, I understand the reasons for this, and it also is the genesis of a new era, for a site of this type with Tarinder and Parm, and whichever of the team go on that ride, and for a new future for David and those that don\'t. I can only hope that both go well.
Oh, and Xevito, if I\'d realised you were skipping out on your homework, I\'d have tanned your backside for you myself. :D
Just kidding. Rock on with your new life, dude. I am excited for you. You\'ve earned it, David.
Such a shame, hexus is one of the few sites I disable my adblocker. Other news sites seem to stir up people\'s emotions too much for my liking. Oh well, good luck!.
There\'s not a lot to say that others won\'t have said for me, but since 2010-2011 this site has been a go-to for learning, understanding, and feeding my interest on tech. I\'ve loved the frank opinions in the reviews and in the comments, and the peculiar brand of maturity that everyone has here. And, yes, it got me through a whole lot of IT study lessons without neuron decay.
Thanks you for all you\'ve done for me, David, and ye good old ship Hexus.
This is really sad... Hexus is the only forum I visit anymore, but now it will be gone :/ I\'ve enjoyed reading many articles over the years and entering many competitions. Thanks for everything.... such a shame it will be over :(
The forum is staying. Its just the site won't be posting any new stories etcQuote:
Originally Posted by =assassin=
Reposting my LinkedIn comment here for posterity, and to flex my blue text username after all these years...
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I was extremely lucky to be a part of HEXUS during my early years. It gave me industry insight and opportunities to contribute at a comparatively young age that I'm sure it's given me an advantage in everything I've done since.
And to this day, we still help each other out when we need it.
So, in the simplest heartfelt words possible: Thanks David, and best of luck!
Thank you all for the effort and talent you've put in! I'll miss lots about the site, but I'm also very excited to see this new venture. One door closes another opens and all that - best of luck!
Thank you for all your hard work. Good luck with whatever is next, and for Tarinder and and Parm on the new site! :)
Was too shell-shocked to post anything yesterday. Been coming here every day since a bloke in a computer shop told me about the site in the early noughties. Thanks for the ride. Good luck in the future. Looking forward to the new site.
It's not about having trouble making revenue, advertising, ad-blockers or any of that. That's missing the point.Quote:
Originally Posted by een4dja
Selling "it" on to another publisher makes several assumptions. The first is that making money by selling it is the point. It isn't. It also assumes that another publisher would want it, and that another publisher would maintain the style and spirit of the site. HEXUS always has had a way of doing things, and that is why a lot of the people that use it do so. If it passes to another publisher, say Anandtech, would it still be HEXUS? Wouldn't it just be, well, more Anandtech? Does that really do anything for that publisher that they don't do themselves already? It really rather seems like selling HEXUS userbase to another publisher, and I'd be surprised if many HEXUS users weren't already well aware of Anandtech (etc) and, if they want Anandtech, already go there.
The point of all this, at least as I understand it, is that the owner has been "doing HEXUS" since he was a schoolboy, and is just ready for new challenges, and maybe even a new life/work balance. I've only ever been involved with 'HEXUS the forum', but am still aware that the publishing side is not all there is to HEXUS, but even if it were, it's not always as simple as just selling the site to another publisher. There's buildings, fixed assets, maybe leases, staff, employment contracts, etc. And clients. What if clients don't want to move? You can't just transfer users, staff and existing customers (of the non-publishing side) to a new buyer.
I think it's a pretty safe assumption that if it were that easy, and it could be done while still keeping HEXUS as HEXUS, it would have been done. I can imagine all kinds of ways that that could get very complicated, very quickly.
As it is, there is the opportunity for Tarinder and Parm to, assuming they wish, keep much of the style and ethos of HEXUS, while at the same time, putting their own stamp on the new operation, making it truly theirs. I'd guess that most users here will at the very least give them a good chance.
I think if you want to understand why it is closed down and wasn't 'just sold on', it's probably because that wasn't a viable option. I very much doubt that it wasn't considered.
David, I'm sad to see you and HEXUS go. I really wish there was at least a nod towards explaining why you called it quits, but I guess you just want to keep that to yourself. I hope it's some good new opportunity rather than something bad happening.
There goes my yearly chance to not win anything in another end of year competition. :)
Thanks for all the years, and good luck with everything.
Sad times, Hexus has been the one site i have always read, even won a forum prize SSD back when they first came out :surprised:
One of the changes I'm sorry to see. Hexus has been one of the best Tech Sites, helped me many times, having a UK bias was/is a bonus.
All the best for the future
OMG - Will be sad to see this site go :-( But sign of the times.
Wishing David every luck and also a BIG thank you for allowing myself to run the Pifast Challenge benchmark leaderboard way back in 2003 until it got daft with cheating submissions something I much enjoyed at the time.
Goodbye Hexus, you and BitTech were the only 2 sites I actually read my tech news from.
Even though the forums are staying it feels like a HUGE part of my life has now become a bit of a black hole. I have been modding here for around 20 years now and HEXUS has always been my homepage since then so it\'s time to change that I guess.
Good luck to David in his new ventures as well as Tarinder & Parm with their new site which I imagine will do great with honest trusted reviews
So what to do now!?......
Just did something I never thought I\'d do...deleted my bookmarks for the front pages to Hexus & Bit Tech.
Bit-Tech going came as no surprise, site has been practically dead for months and then their ace modder Alex Banks who made awesome youtube vids disappeared without notice, so the writing was on the wall, but still.
Thought Hexus was safe, though...
If there's one good thing to come out of all of this, it's very cool to see how HEXUS has influenced so many people's lives. So many people doing really interesting things, with HEXUS being one of their gateways into the world of tech.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve
Going to miss the Hexus website. Looking forward to the new website from Tarinder and Parm.
I can't bring myself to yet! Third time I've open the site this morning :surrender:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bagpuss
The forums are staying, afaik, so don't bin your avatar :)Quote:
Originally Posted by dannyboy75
Shock news, and relieved to see the forums aren't going, thought for a minute I would be turfed out of my corner and forced to go god knows where for a new home.
Very best of luck Tarinder and Parm :) & even if what I have learned in my time here (as a non-techie interloper) could fit on the back of an, um, what are those micro card things called again, it's not for want of a vast resource. Seriously; a lot of useful stuff has gone in and stayed in, if I ever have needed help or to read up on something here's where I come, & very fruitfully too. End of an era.
Woah, that's not the kind of news I was expecting to see.
All the best to everyone in their new adventure(s)!
:surprised:
I certainly never expected to see this, but I can certainly understand that all things must come to an end.
Thank You for creating HEXUS and for all the news and information you've provided us enthusiasts with over the years (as well as all of the opportunities to win something in the competitions, even if I was never one of the lucky ones to actually do so).
Thank you forum bot for all the birthday wishes ^_^
and of course Hexus.
So long, and thanks for all the fish.
News of this reached me on the grapevine and I thought I might as well log back in one last time and say thanks and farewell, best wishes etc.
@DR the line "As I face the final curtain" sounds ominous. I hope this just refers to the site and not to wider health etc. Your site taught me how to build a decent PC, and the community here have helped me sort out most tech things ever since. I have fond memories of my Hexus days so thanks, and I hope all goes well for the future.
I posted a thread on OcUK WRT,as some people over there used to be on here and vice-versa. Will repost some messages directed towards DR from some older members.
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Originally Posted by bledd
Bit sad to see this nerd corner go away :(
Since the golden age with PC's to now is quite an amazing feat.
ALthough I never hardly commented, I checked Hexus daily, I have enjoyed the many articles here, and Hexus was always the place for a rundown of the new tech.
End of an era, I've been coming here almost every day for over 13 years and it is always the first place I check for the latest tech news. Thank you for running such a great site all these years and I wish you all the best for the future.
One of the better websites I have read over the years. Thanks
Its so routine for me to keep checking Hexus throughout the day. I've done it 3 times already today. Man this will be a hard habit to break. I've no idea where I'll go next for tech news. So many other sites just don't feel authentic (paid reviews etc). :hexlub::hexlub::hexlub:
Wow not expecting to see this hit the front page of Hacker News. Definitely feels like the end of an era.
David you should be very proud of what you achieved with the site. I feel proud of having a least a few of those 148,579 stories in my name too.
Good luck with the next phase of your life with whatever you have planned next.