What do you think is the best computer magazine available?

thebestMAX

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So many of them are disappointing these days what with their changing of formats, content and so forth.

I like MaximumPC about the best now. Any suggestions?
 

Tripleshot

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Max,

I like maximumPC too and get it,but this will be my last subscription to them. If I can't get it from the web,all else is old news. My email gives me more up to date info than any magazine,but one of the publications I still faithfully get is PC Magazine. It's a Ziff/Davis publication and even though its old news by the time we recieve it,it's still a good read.

I have more dang magazines here at my office than I can stand,and once you get on a list,they fill your mailbox so fast,there is no room for regular mail.
Read the fine print when you visit some of these websites that offer free subscriptions. Some of them offer free first month,then bill you and hound you and screw with your credit.
 

Jugernot

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Maximum PC definitely. I'm subscribed to several computer game mags and it always has the best articles on overclocking etc.
 

DefRef

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I like PC World and MaxPC, though I'm tempted to drop them for the reasons Treipleshot mentioned. (Timeliness, etc.) MaxPC is really inconsistant with content though. Some issues are so thin, I can read thru them at dinner while others, like the current issue, are keepers for all the various bits.
 

Wingznut

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I have to agree with Maximum PC, although they don't have much (any?) in the way of game previews. The next best would be Computer Gaming World, although their hardware section sucks.

For hardware: MaximumPC
For gaming: CGW
 

thebestMAX

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Agree with all the comments so far.

I like paper to read in bed so am willing to pay a little but Trip is right. I get PC World and find it going downhill.
 

Namuna

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I agree with you Max,

I've come to find more and more that I already know a good deal of the info on the monthly mags, the internet is just WAYYYY faster.

About the ONLY magazine that catches my fancy nowadays (besides FHM, Stuff and Maxim) is T3 (Tommorrow's Technology Today). GREAT mag with info on all the new bbt (big boy's toys) and gadgets.
 

tomcat

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Wired magazine is by far the best mag for technology, its not strict computers, but always a fascinating read. For pc news I get pc magazine as well.