pcworld or pcmag - which one do you prefer?
Hello friends i need your opinion to subscribe to one of these two magazines about computing: pc world or pc magazine. which one do you prefer? why? thanks for any help dan morgan escreveu:
As far as I'm concerned PCMag does nothing for me but show a lot of advertising and those that advertise in that Mag suddenly turnout to be "Best Buys"
Good Luck...
Dan
-----Original Message----- From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:WIN-HOME@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM] On Behalf Of Adagilson Batista Bispo da Silva Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 9:42 AM To: WIN-HOME@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM Subject: pcworld or pcmag - which one do you prefer?
I'm to go to subscribe to a magazine in the new digital format of Zinio Reader and I don't know if PCmag is in fact better than PCworld. I just know PCmag. Whith one has more subscribers? Which one do you prefer? thanks for your help a.
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* Adagilson Batista Bispo da Silva (adagilson@cpqam.fiocruz.br) [030513 13:29]: ->Hello friends i need your opinion to subscribe to one of these two ->magazines about computing: pc world or pc magazine. ->which one do you prefer? why? ->thanks for any help I prefer neither. I read Linux Journal and Linux Magazine. Both of the mags that you specified tend to be quite skewed to whoever pays the most and the reporting is often quite shoddy. -- Ben Rosenberg ---===---===---===--- mailto:ben@whack.org The IQ and the life expectancy of the average American recently passed each other going in the opposite direction.
I've been impressed recently with CPU (Computer Power User). It regularly has Linux articles. It also has Malda (of Slashdot) do a monthly column. http://www.computerpoweruser.com/Default.asp Adagilson Batista Bispo da Silva wrote:
Hello friends i need your opinion to subscribe to one of these two magazines about computing: pc world or pc magazine. which one do you prefer? why? thanks for any help
dan morgan escreveu:
As far as I'm concerned PCMag does nothing for me but show a lot of advertising and those that advertise in that Mag suddenly turnout to be "Best Buys"
Good Luck...
Dan
-----Original Message----- From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:WIN-HOME@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM] On Behalf Of Adagilson Batista Bispo da Silva Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 9:42 AM To: WIN-HOME@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM Subject: pcworld or pcmag - which one do you prefer?
I'm to go to subscribe to a magazine in the new digital format of Zinio Reader and I don't know if PCmag is in fact better than PCworld. I just know PCmag. Whith one has more subscribers? Which one do you prefer? thanks for your help a.
On Tuesday 13 May 2003 15:32, Brian wrote:
I've been impressed recently with CPU (Computer Power User).
It regularly has Linux articles. It also has Malda (of Slashdot) do a monthly column.
http://www.computerpoweruser.com/Default.asp
Adagilson Batista Bispo da Silva wrote:
Well, I personally would get a subscript to pcmag. PCworld is just a M$ centric mag and basically a marketing tool. Not that PCmag is better, ok it's better IMHO but still M$ centric. I have seen more artices about Linux in pcmag, almost none in pcworld and the rare one or two was just short of blatent FUD, inaccurate, misleading and negative. Brian suggestion regarding CPU (computer powere useres) is much more preferrrable due to a more objective tone and a couple of regular columns for Linux - not bad overall. Frankly the only reason is would choose pcmag is to read the 2 pages from John C Dvorak (I know - you either like him or you don't). I had PCworld for 18 months as an extra for a donation to MADD. It's time to renew and I ain't. If pcworld and pcmag are your only two choices the I woudl definitely get pcmag. If you have more then those to get CPU. Linux mag or LJ? Nevermind :) Ok, that's my $0.02. Cheers, Curtis.
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Adagilson Batista Bispo da Silva wrote:
Hello friends i need your opinion to subscribe to one of these two magazines about computing: pc world or pc magazine. which one do you prefer? why? thanks for any help
It depends entirely on your reason for getting a magazine. I personally dislike both. They seems to be "pick of the month" magazines. Thus I feel they will present articles based on potential popularity (to ensure readership) rather than chosing articles that will truly server business or individual needs. This is reflected in the years of 'pro-Microsoft, anti-anything-else' style they had maintained. I subscribed to both when they first hit the shelves. For many years, my only reason for subscribing was to make sure I know what my customers were being told so that I could properly counter the possible dis-information. (And I have seen a lot of dis-information over the years.) That said, both have moderately useful PC, especially WIndows (is there an alternative?), tips and troubleshooting techniques. I've always felt the in depth discussions on techniques to be particularily enlightening (examples: keyboard shortcuts; 'a 7th different way of doing the same thing'; and how to mess with your MS Windows registry) - certainly describes the capability of the target audience! If I had to chose only one - PC World because it seems to have a bit less emphasis on the glossy advertising. Perhaps the way of chosing is as follows: buy one copy of each, cut out the pages that contain actual articles and weigh the rest. Chose the lighter one because it is more environmentally friendly.
participants (6)
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Adagilson Batista Bispo da Silva
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Ben Rosenberg
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Brian
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Curtis Rey
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Hans Forbrich
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Joe Dufresne