computing magazines, the good the bad and the add-riddled
 

basicaly i enjoy reading comuting magazines, bu i have some gripes it seems like most of them fall in to sevral cattagories:

1. you dont know shit about computers so buy this mag so you can read all about the wonders of AOL 8.0

2. you have just purched a 100 page advertisment, ok i know thats how magasines make their money but some of them are just garbage mostly all add the reveiws are comlatly bias cuz the advetiseres are the ones getting reveiwed and the editors want to keep getting thire paychecks

3. an acculay good mag good reveiws, interesting content, fowardthinking. lots of howtos and help tip tricks and what not, also they cover things other than WINTEL machines giveng note to *nix sytems and even macs even diving in to PDA's MP3' playes all sorts of stuff all in all a good read


ok now to the point of this post i want to find some mags that fall into #3 as of now i read CPU (computer power user) very good but alot of it seems to be over my head. so if you know of any good mags please let me know a link would be nice


THnx

PC World is pretty much a #3 but they do have some elements of #1 -- they figure they get customers this way I suppose. IMHO they'd get more subscribers by cutting out the AOL propaganda and adding some more overclocking/component stuff instead of just off-the-shelf reviews.

Pc World does have alot of useful information for the non-techie person and techno-savvy alike, but it does have too much advertising. That's why I didn't renew my subscription and just started reading it online - everything that's in the print magazine is on their website, that way I can block the ads.

yeah actually my subscription just expired
i'm looking for a new maggie to devote my $$ to (unless they hit me with a sweetheart deal, like $15 for a year or something, ESPN gave me this when I let that run out...)

I really like Maximum PC. It's one of the few mags I ever splurged and got a subscription for. You might pick up an issue and see if you like. Biggest drawback is the length - pretty short mag.

What Spungfoo said about <a href="http://www.pcworld.com">pc world</a>. Good reports, top ten product listings.


I am not saying it is the best, just a place I trust.