I really like to include graphs in my whitepapers and blog posts whenever possible. I find that lots of people read the first few pages or paragraphs, then skip to the graphs. And if they are really interested they will go back and read the sections that interest them.
In my recent blog post on VROOM! I spent a bit more time that usual on the graph. It seemed that everybody who reviewed the blog post had a couple of comments - About the graph. It started out with what was probably too much data and ended up a much better and simplified graph due to all the comments. Thanks for all the help to those who commented.
The big difference with this earlier version is that there are more data points included for both FT enabled and disabled. I had also used a different color for the previous generation processor tests to make it easier to spot them. Once I decided that all these data points weren't needed the different colors weren't needed either.
Even though I agree that the final version is easier to read and understand, part of me still likes this earlier version with more data that takes a few minutes to figure out what is going on.
Todd
