What magazines do you PC guys subscribe to?

**~~LOUISSSSS~~** · 05-27-2009, 09:58 PM

just wondering what some of u guys subscribe to...

i subscribe to MaximumPC & popular mechanic, but find both their articles' pretty bad and poorly rated

by this i mean what "tech" magazines

**little_scrapper** · 05-27-2009, 10:26 PM

I have a subscription to WOOD, and some other BS I never read. Hehe, gotta love the inlaws for wasting money on a subscription to something I'm not the least bit interested. I mean c'mon, a woodworking subscription for an electronics guy?? Please!! They go into the trash as soon as they show up.

**Strafe** · 05-28-2009, 04:02 AM

Post internet, my magazine consumption has died to almost zero. There's really no need for them. I also have to agree with your assessment of Maximum PC, they're really horrible. Even their podcast sucks. It's entertaining, but they really have a poor knowledge of the industry they think they represent.

**Hidetaka** · 05-28-2009, 08:10 AM

Why waste paper when you've got acces to the Internet? :d

**~~LOUISSSSS~~** · 05-28-2009, 08:24 AM

how do you guys feel about CPU magazine? are they better than MAXPC?

**WrigleyVillain** · 05-28-2009, 08:54 AM

^ Yes, by leaps and bounds. Good columnists such as Anand...

**SoulsCollective** · 05-28-2009, 08:59 AM

None. I used to pick up the occasional Atomic (I think it's Australian-only), but with the internet I just troll here and Anandtech - I used to check out Tom's regularly, but it's gone to bananas over the past few years.

**perkam** · 05-28-2009, 09:06 AM

Fine Cooking and...

Wait ALL magazines or?

Perkam

**Particle** · 05-28-2009, 09:37 AM

I subscribe to Discover. It's my general bathroom reader.

**ripken204** · 05-28-2009, 11:11 AM

tech magazines are completely useless imo, everything in them is old news by the time you get it.

**SNiiPE_DoGG** · 05-28-2009, 11:13 AM

I get the Overclocker

sometimes I'll stop in at a news stand and read a few snippets of a maximum PC or PC gamer (hardware section), but in reality the writers in both those mags dont know crap about computers and the articles might as well be written by 12y/o kids who know more than they do

**urgrandpasdog** · 05-28-2009, 02:52 PM

When I was more of a n00b I subscribed to Maximum PC, but I discontinued it because all the announcments and such in the mag are outdated by at least a few weeks by the time I get the mag, and if I ever get the urge to read a MAXPC article they are all on their website for free.

**~~ILikeCosmosS~~** · 05-28-2009, 04:38 PM

Sniipe i could get good pay check on writing those articles

most of them are kind of bad because i was looking pc magazine and it said phenom 9950 was the best cpu on the market. I knew c2q were better, but they should have said amd's best cpu

**perkam** · 05-28-2009, 04:46 PM

I stopped subscribing to or buying them long time ago.

I'll read 15 reviews of a new GTX or Radeon and then wait a month before I read a less-than-knowledgeable review on PC World about how 60FPS at 1280 res is supposed to be "jaw dropping".

Perkam

**Plan.B** · 05-28-2009, 06:51 PM

Swank

**~~MomijiTMO~~** · 05-28-2009, 07:03 PM

None. Forums killed the need for magazines.

**Plan.B** · 05-28-2009, 07:13 PM

Originally Posted by MomijiTMO

None. Forums killed the need for magazines.

As far as computers go, definitely

**iTravis** · 05-28-2009, 11:14 PM

But you can't bring the computer while you're on the toilet (I don't wanna bring my lappy in there though

) unless you're hardcore like me, tech magazines or some sort of adult magazines are perfect solution for toilet reading.

**B.E.E.F.** · 05-29-2009, 04:24 AM

The Economist

**twilyth** · 05-29-2009, 05:26 AM

I used to like PC Magazine because they covered everything from CPU architecture to O/S and software hints and how-tos. Then they started being mainly an end user publication and now they don't even publish a hard copy anymore. I was paid up for almost 5 years and I had to ask for a refund. I can't say I'm going to miss them though.

My other fave pubs are SciAm, Science News, PopSci, PopMech and Motor Trend.

**Lu(ky** · 05-29-2009, 05:53 AM

CPU Magazine (Computer Power User) I think this one is the best shows computer mods, gaming, Anand etc... Check it out great mag... -----> H E R E

**Stoner133** · 05-29-2009, 05:54 AM

High Times Magazine for the articals on growing, Mopar Muscle Magazine for storys on my favorite form of transportation and last Hustler just for the girls.

**Cpl Ledanek** · 05-29-2009, 06:01 AM

Used to be MaximumPC & PCGamer, until they become a GQ magazine chokeful of ads

**WrigleyVillain** · 05-29-2009, 06:31 AM

Originally Posted by iTravis

But you can't bring the computer while you're on the toilet (I don't wanna bring my lappy in there though

) unless you're hardcore like me, tech magazines or some sort of adult magazines are perfect solution for toilet reading.

Note the strategically placed bottle of moisturizer

**3Z3VH** · 05-29-2009, 06:37 AM

Originally Posted by little_scrapper

I have a subscription to WOOD, and some other BS I never read. Hehe, gotta love the inlaws for wasting money on a subscription to something I'm not the least bit interested. I mean c'mon, a woodworking subscription for an electronics guy?? Please!! They go into the trash as soon as they show up.

For some reason the first thing that came to mind was that magazine was some sort of :banana::banana::banana::banana:ography for women... Does that make me gay ?

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