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| Thread ID: 36207 | 2003-08-03 02:17:00 | P.C. WORLD | JJJJJ (528) | Press F1 |
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| 164911 | 2003-08-03 02:17:00 | Is anyone else getting fed up with the contents of PC World? It used to be a computer magazine. It was my instructor when I bought my first computer. I have not missed a copy since1995. Now though it is full of , Cameras, Videos , glorified pocket calculators and Cell Phones. I have not the least interest in any of these things .I buy a computer mag. because I am interested in computers. In my opinion it's time they went back to being a computer mag. or else change their name to Cell Phone World. Then I could stop buying it. Another thing I have noticed is a lot more of the computer articles are lifted straight out of the US. PC World. Jack |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 164912 | 2003-08-03 02:41:00 | I have to say I sort of agree with you but I would like to point out something. If PC world keeps solely to computers, then they would soon run out of things to cover, and then there wouldn't be a PC World. However if they mainly cover computers but also have small sections on other things, it might mean more people buy the magazine. I can see where your coming from, but I can also see where PC World is coming from too. Emma |
Emma (4267) | ||
| 164913 | 2003-08-03 03:46:00 | Have you ever wondered why the name is "PC World". Of course it takes articles from the US one. So does the (UK) PC World. I assume there are others. That's how you get stuff a NZ magazine hasn't the resources to do. :D Magazines have to fit their content to what will sell. Penthouse, etc, have one content style; Woman's Weekly another. I used to get Byte regularly, because it had a lot of practical articles, with assembly source code (even for 8080/Z80, 6502 :D). Byte had a circulation of over 500000. It doesn't exist now. Electronics Australia is gone. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 164914 | 2003-08-03 04:14:00 | Oh Amen JJJJ! Too many camera ads Too many camera articles Too many printer articles Too many cellphone and PDA articles Too many fax articles Too much talking about projectors as well I'm ending up finding myself reading how laptops have increased a whole 100Mhz each month. This months one was the most boring I've found for a while. Also isn't the dumb terminal supposed to be funny? Can I request that PC World have an article about Dual Processor Motherboards and Cpu's?? Cos thats where its at, twice the power in one machine! |
PoWa (203) | ||
| 164915 | 2003-08-03 04:26:00 | Hi jack I could not agree with you more, in fact I saw the writing on the wall over a year ago and just let my sub expire and that was like yourself after many years of subs. Times change I guess, s'pose I just let my money do the walking :-) |
Tobas (224) | ||
| 164916 | 2003-08-03 04:37:00 | I find myself disagreeing with most of you . PC World is good . I enjoy reading about digital cameras etc, who knows, I might lash out on a pricey one, one day . I do think though, that How To articles on how to upgrade, replace RAM, add an extra hard drive, replace a PSU, etc etc, would be a good idea to run 2 or 3 times a year for new and not so new-comers . Things change rapidly, it's difficult to keep up with new motherboards with bells and whistles, and new types and names for RAM . |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 164917 | 2003-08-03 04:41:00 | they need to increase the content of dumb terminal(the last page) cause that is one of the best things about pc world | hazza (2704) | ||
| 164918 | 2003-08-03 05:26:00 | On the other hand, however: There are those of us who like to read a more balanced and broadly based technology magazine, and find PCW an ideal mix . I don't like mags full of nothing but product reviews and similarly I don't like mags full of nothing but technical articles . Sure I find some months less rewarding than others, but that is so for any magazine . I am sure Horse and Hound is not full of nothing but dogs & horses, and Wheels magazine carries articles on subjects other than cars . My only complaint is that the PF1 page has shrunk and no longer seems to draw content from this forum . Give IDG a break you guys . Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 164919 | 2003-08-03 05:52:00 | I'm surprised. Most of the replies support me. Sure some of us likedifferent things. If I wanted to buy a cellphone ,I might look it up in a cellphone mag. But I certainly would not buy a computer mag for that purpose. The biggest surprise is that no one told me that PC World need the profits from these articles so they can run Press F1. Even the printed version of that has gone backwards lately. When was the last time we saw a review of local comp. manufacturers? Whats happened to the top twenty? The back page is just a joke. And I read all that interested me this month in 20 minutes. It used to be good for a full day. Jack |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 164920 | 2003-08-03 06:11:00 | Amen again. lol! Yes I would most definitely want to be seeing a review of PC manufacturers, purely for the joy of seeing PCco at 99th place :D | PoWa (203) | ||
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