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- From: barnhart@gagme.chi.il.us (Mr Aaron Barnhart)
- Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.edu,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
- Subject: Re: Magazine subscription... suggestions?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep13.040530.5921@gagme.chi.il.us>
- Date: 13 Sep 92 04:05:30 GMT
- References: <BuDL56.HwD@cs.dal.ca>
- Sender: usenet@serveme.chi.il.us
- Organization: Evanston, Illinois
- Lines: 27
- Originator: barnhart@gagme
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- This is in reply to pomakis@ug.cs.dal.ca (Keith Pomakis), who wrote:
- :Hi.
- :
- :I am planning on subscribing to a computer magazine, but I'm having trouble
- :deciding which magazine to subscribe to. I own a 486DX PC, so I'm obviously
- :interested in getting articles, software reviews, etc., on the subject of PC
- :computers. However, I'm also interested in receiving news and info on other
- :systems such as Mac, Unix, etc.
-
- BYTE is the only one I know that makes an effort to cover all those bases
- on a monthly ... uh, basis.
- :
- :I find that most of the magazines I see on the shelf are 90% advertisements and
- :software/hardware reviews. I would like to subscribe to a magazine that
- :actually contains some good articles. I want to know what's happening out
- :there.
- :
-
- Well, now, dig a little deeper. PC Magazine may be the size of a phone
- book but it ain't 90% ads. I actually prefer it to BYTE because it's
- loaded with so much good stuff. (Of course, the approach I suggest is
- get PC Mag, MacUser, and one Unix pub.)
-
-
-
- --
- Mr. Aaron Barnhart@gagme.chi.il.us -- posting from Evanston, Illinois
-