I was listening to Hanselminutes 238 this evening where they discuss building the 2010 version of Ultimate Developer Machine in search of a Wei score of 7.9. I’m a big fan of the podcast, and as always this episode was a good listen.

During the podcast they reference the WEI Share project, which is devoted to letting users share their Windows Experience Index scores and with the web. The WEI Share site is a nice little silverlight app that lives in the Azure cloud. It displays the uploaded information and the advanced search lets you retrieve results on specific pieces of hardware. It seems like a great resource for anyone looking to upgrade their hardware situation. While the WEI index probably isn’t the only metric you’d want to look at, it’s another data point to consider if you’re looking to upgrade, or just plain interested in knowing how your hardware stacks ups.

I was hoping to take a look at the source, but the WEIShareSL projcet depend on a Blend assembly and won’t open. Oh well, not enough time to dig in now, but something to look into in the near future.