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| 80372 | 2002-09-18 08:26:00 | I don't have a subscription to PC World and I don't buy it each month either. I usually visit the library and get it out from there. Unless there is something particulary worth having on the CD-ROM. Or someone beats me to get the magazine out. Though noew the library charges me $1.50 per reserve I'll probably reconsider purchasing each month. The main articles can be read online but it's just not the same. |
-=JM=- (16) | ||
| 80373 | 2002-09-18 08:29:00 | Poppa, you're not the only one who's embarrased. I know how you feel. I put aside $2 every week for my monthly PCW mag. SiK |
SoniKalien (792) | ||
| 80374 | 2002-09-18 09:45:00 | It's for my daughter, honest! I only get Sabrina's Secrets for the articles. robo. |
robo (205) | ||
| 80375 | 2002-09-18 09:50:00 | I recently guillotined the copies of PC World I'd had lying around . They were issues covering January 1998 up to August 2002 . Before I trashed the useless bits and pieces, like all of those horrendous PC Company catalogues conveniently slapped right in the middle of the section I wanted to keep, the How To articles . Sadly, as I revisited some of these peices it struck how me much, stylistically, PC World has changed during the last 4 years . I'd say that there is now a veneer of infotainment slipping into this otherwise venerated magazine . By comparison, a review of the the How To section from January 98 into 99, with Peter Cooke at the helm, reveals a more detailed, technical focus and - at least for me - demonstrates how insightful this section once seemed . Now, far be it from to suggest that the How To section is in any way less compromised by this interest in and indulgence for infotainment reporting (we see it so much in the news, like for example, when one item of the evening bulletin has Judy harping on about Iraq weapon inspections, followed by the next where Richards discusses how some battery hens rescued from a battery hen, have found reprieve among a bunch of well intentioned individuals who've lovingly reared them back to health . Albeit, minus their wings) . But, I would have to say that I am very saddened at how much it has slipped . And consequently I wouldn't countenance subscribing . Because the small amount of money it otherwise saves wouldn't necessarily be good value . To look at it another way, the present value of money is often greater than the future value of it . |
blank_harry (1661) | ||
| 80376 | 2002-09-18 17:53:00 | I let my sub lapse recently - my Other Half brings me various mags from library where she works, so I get them first, including PCWorld (US version). | Greg S (201) | ||
| 80377 | 2002-09-18 20:04:00 | Poppa John maybe you can get it through your local library, some do have mags for this reason. I don't know about the cd, but it should be with it. A lot of libraries also have a great selection of other CD's as well. Worth a try, I can't remember your circumstances, but if you can't go to them, can they come to you, ie library on wheels. |
Laurie (485) | ||
| 80378 | 2002-09-18 20:47:00 | I am sad to hear you feel that way about the how to, Harry . We do try to inform the newbies as well as the hardened geeks . At least we haven't started putting music or movie reviews in yet . robo . |
robo (205) | ||
| 80379 | 2002-09-18 22:19:00 | blank_harry I've only been with PC World for a couple of years, but I have to disagree with some of your comments . For starters, exactly what do you class as "infotainment"? I had a quick glance through a few recent issues and all I could see that you may be referring to is the addition of columns that cover the ever expanding relam of PC user . Things like digital cameras, personal audio and of course the internet . To me this isn't a degradation of PC World into infotainment, rather it's an accurate portrayal of how the average home PC has changed over the last four years . I for one can see little difference in the mix of articles and topics contained within the How To sections of 98/99 compared with those of today . Perhaps you'd like to expand on your criticism and prove me wrong? I'm always open to spot of constructive criticism :) |
Scott Bartley (836) | ||
| 80380 | 2002-09-18 22:33:00 | I Subscribe to PC World because it's the best value for $ of the mags available and I like that it's local. (More interesting reading about Xtra than an ISP in Slough.) Beats me who all the people are buying new printers and cameras and scanners and other bits every month but hey that's the commercial imperative, attracts ads. I don't read the product reviews. I like the features and the how to's and Q & As section. I like the levity and the straight forward style, got a nice 'mood'. Not dumbed down for newbies or off with the digital fairies and the techies. Keep it up and send me a t-shirt any time you like. (NOT purple.) Mark C :D |
mark c (247) | ||
| 80381 | 2002-09-18 22:42:00 | PC World has about the right "mix" from my perspective. Many other mags have deteriorated to sales catalogues with the occasional article. As to old copies, I find keeping any computer mag more than about six months a waste of space, as technology has changed to make it largely redundant plus the info is usually available on the web for older reviews etc. I do not subscribe, as I often travel as part of my work, and if I am away I like to catch up on the magazines, so having one arrive in the mail is not useful. Fortunately for me they are a business expense. |
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