On my monitors Bit-Tech is usually just a strip down the middle, so this add filling all the blank space is terrific. It doesn't interfere with the content and I can just go ahead and look at what I want to. I really hate when the adds get in the way of what I'm doing, as happened when an add blocked the pics in the project forum, who ever thought of that should be taken out and shot. But this is cool.
I dont mind it at all. This one is not great, but far from the worst (still never buy a AW laptop though). I remember the i7one from way back when being quite good.
i think its pretty cool to see a takeover every now and then, and this one is pretty interesting. IMHO, It looks quite cool, there are some things that could have been better, but its defo an eyecatcher and it does not detract you from seeing the rest of the forum. But making it all clickable, makes it accident prone and can get annoying. I guess its all a question of tastes, some love it some hate it.