British PC Magazines

I went this weekend and bought a couple of British PC magazines at a local bookstore. Really big bookstores like Borders and Barnes & Noble will typically have them. So why British mags? Here's why: PC Software came with CDs; disc one had article content (all in pdf form) and 65 new freeware/sharware utilties, disc two had over 460 freeware and shareware applications and disc three (yes, that's right, disc THREE) had 8 FULL versions of shareware/commercial programs. PC Utilities came with only two discs, one with 512 freeware and shareware programs as well as a full version of Xara Webstyle; the other disk had 100,000 vector graphics clipart images and web images. So for only a buck or two more than you'd pay for Maximum PC you get, oh, 10 to 50 times as much software! PC Software is part of the Future Publishing stable of computing magazines which nearly all come with this level of software; some of, notably PC Plus, come with a DVD full of stuff with each issue. They also typically focus a LOT more on problem solving and helpful information than U.S. mags, who (in my opinion) spend WAY too much space on product reviews. Oddly enough, at $10.95-$12.95, these mags are cheaper on the newsstand than they are by overseas subscription. Take a look at your newstand and see what you think; I think they're worth the money.

Posted by trygstad | Category: InfoTech | 11:13 PM