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| 164941 | 2003-08-03 11:23:00 | > Although,i was a little disapointed a couple months > back when xbox releases started getting reviewed.... Why so Metla? I would have thought X-Box was more PC than other consols. Or is it just the MS connection? |
Baldy (26) | ||
| 164942 | 2003-08-03 11:33:00 | >>I personally would like more linux articles. >Jen, you don't have geeky Linux tendencies, do you I think it is more of a case that I need to read more linux articles. :D |
Jen C (20) | ||
| 164943 | 2003-08-03 11:42:00 | I like PC World wot ever the way it is, i like to read and if there is a lot of articles on different things then i will read it. :D | vk_dre (195) | ||
| 164944 | 2003-08-03 11:48:00 | > > > Although,i was a little disapointed a couple > months > > back when xbox releases started getting > reviewed.... > > Why so Metla? I would have thought X-Box was more PC > than other consols. Or is it just the MS connection? Mainly because they ate into the space that was used for pc game reviews,Plus the more the industry focuses on consoles the more detrimentel it is to pc gaming........which shunk in market share for the first time in history in the last year. Not a major gripe,Although i think the console market is covered in depth by mag's dedicated to that genre,i personally would like to read pc game reviews in a pc mag. |
metla (154) | ||
| 164945 | 2003-08-03 12:17:00 | PoWa says :- I'll display > my views of PCco in every post if I have to - bite > me. Please give it a rest - not news any more. Maybe instead use your background to help PF1 newbies. Cheers T |
TonyF (246) | ||
| 164946 | 2003-08-03 12:51:00 | Hi thanks Tweake, you're right - dual processors need a certain OS to run them. I found out that Windows2000, and XP Pro have dual processor support, so I still think its a cool idea. This is an interesting quote: "With a multi-processor system and an SMP-compatible OS, standard applications can run concurrently with much less degradation in performance. Even if the applications themselves are not SMP-optimized,the operating system will multi-thread the programs themselves and distribute the tasks to each of the CPUs." Thats from this site here (hardware.earthweb.com). Sites a bit old, but still relevant I guess. TonyF /ignore |
PoWa (203) | ||
| 164947 | 2003-08-03 14:26:00 | Perhaps they should have a few pages at the back of PC world (where most readers won't look) dedicated to computer lovers who want to get down and intimate with their PC's, and find out all the sensual philosophies that make the PC the special piece of machinery it is. Then perhaps they would be less uptight about having to read about Cellphones, which incidentally I won't care too much for until text messaging can be dictated. I have to concentrate twice as hard to steer and text. Perhaps I need a neuro hyperthread upgrade. What I am I doing up this late? Stuff it I'm off. Though I like my suggestion, I'd be a bit more excited and tolerant when my PC world arrived if it had a few hardcore articles tucked away between the advertisement. Then perhaps we'd all be happy. |
Justin (4360) | ||
| 164948 | 2003-08-03 22:47:00 | I would just like to add a vote in favour of PC World as it is . The balance and level of technical writing is just right for me . The days of specialism in this area are I think past . I use a desktop, laptop, PDA and cellphone, and a digital camera will be added later this year . There are considerable cross overs between all of them, and I prefer a magazine that has the breadth of vision to make the links . PDAs and cellphones are merging, laptops are now connecting to the net through wireless GPRS cards or through cellphones, and cellphones and PDAs are both incorporating cameras . Not to mention WiFi and Bluetooth being shared across all of these things . I appreciate: 1 . PC World being a largely NZ mag, so that suppliers and prices and release dates are local . 2 . It is not over-run with ads and inserted pull out tear off cards etc like American mags . 3 . Some of the writers at least are local and understand our environment, so they keep the mag relevant . 4 . The breadth of coverage (see above) . 5 . The fact that the mag is not one eyed like some others - it is not a blind disciple of the Gates empire, and it even covers other platforms from time to time like MacOS, and now particularly Linux, with respect rather than arrogance . I am obviously not a technically skilled PC user - have never built my own or even installed an OS from scratch . However, I have learned heaps from PC World (as well as this forum), and I will continue to buy it for that . A recent issue was, I admit, a yawn for me, but one issue out of the past two years ain't too bad . There is a similar debate about Wilderness mag . I buy it for the tramping articles (which is what it was all about when it began), and get really irritated when it bangs on about skiing, mountain biking, "tourism" oriented articles about overseas destinations etc . I will stop buying it if it goes the way of Adventure mag which is just a yuppy tourism mag now and I never buy it for that reason . I guess we all have to make our own decisions about what we want, and vote with our feet if a mag ceases to meet our needs . Personally, I will walk if the views of the original poster of this thread become the future editorial direction of PC World, but that is simply because I don't want that content to dominate the mag because I am not interested in it . I suppose before I went I would also bang on about "what is happening to PC World?" . . . |
John H (8) | ||
| 164949 | 2003-08-04 05:48:00 | Wow, I don't know whether to slash my wrists or laugh . Given that I write most of the cellphone and PDA articles, I feel like an endangered species . The whole point of the magazine is that it is impossible to please all the people all the time . Personally, even though I enjoy using PDAs and use a cellphone, I wouldn't consider buying a magazine dedicated to either . They, plus digital cameras, projectors, and a bunch of other things are often part of a PC users environment . I think we should have more game reviews, but we don't have budget . We should review games on consoles as well as PCs . Taking a game home, you can quickly realise it sucks, and seeing a review first helps heaps . Especially when they cost $120 a throw . (at the moment a couple of us have been campaigning about the slow release of one game, may not ever even hit the mag, it's not always just about what hits the pages . ) Personally, I never read monitor reviews, I just don't care about monitors . Same goes for many printers, and lots of other things . I don't read every article in every issue . I haven't ever read every article in any issue . But I read a lot of them, and refer back to them for months afterwards when something crops up . By the same token, I read the Herald in about four minutes these days, and the Listener in about ten . However, I think we do provide a service by telling people some of the things you don't find out in the show room . We don't do advertorial, if we think something really sucks we either don't review it or we tell it like it is . We don't spend out lives with our tongues down the back of the trousers of the big corporates . We piss them off now and again, but that's life . With respect to other, lighter, and more regular publications, although their coverage may be more "current" than a monthly magazine, some of their content is such a high overview you wonder if they ever used what they are talking about . Many pieces seem like they could be brochures . As for the US content, it has always been there, for 14 years . We remove the products you can't get here, and add products you can . We pick what we think are the best articles and ignore those that aren't so good . You don't have to agree with our choices . That is why you are able to buy US PC World, if you want to spend twice the dollars . That's my two cents worth . robo . |
robo (205) | ||
| 164950 | 2003-08-04 06:12:00 | >That's my two cents worth. >robo. Actually that is more than two cents worth Robo and worth everyone of them. Just you keep passing the open windows, to quote John Irving in Hotel New Hampshire. You have nothing to slash your wrists about. So just laugh... Personally I have no interest in game reviews, but think they should be in the mag, along with all the bits of technology that interlink with PCs. I used your monitor reviews... And I will be hunting my back issues when I have to upgrade my printer. However, I have also used this forum to get feedback from people who are owner/users of something before I buy, and this gives a good balance. As for "We don't spend out lives with our tongues down the back of the trousers of the big corporates" - well, I wouldn't want to go there, but more strength to your elbow (or tongue...) Yuck! John |
John H (8) | ||
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