I dont think you should take critism that the forums are too "geeky" harshly. Perhaps it might be wiser for you to promote the Hardware feature abit more since, since you have yourselves an USP (Unique Selling Point) here which members are clearly buying into, who cares if your Hardware focused. Someone has to be and if there is a market for it why not take advantage of it
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