Print magazine in the US

[xforge.livejournal.com]

Does anyone have a print magazine they like? This would be for someone who does casual builds for friends and family, mostly mild gameboxes or budget net-surf-and-email machines, and I just wanna keep up with what's current with something I can carry around, read anywhere I like and throw away when I'm done with it. Preferably something that isn't just poorly-disguised advertisements. Anyone? MaximumPC? Or one of the others? Thanks for suggestions, wisecracks also accepted = )

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[xforge.livejournal.com]

Heh, I supPOSE it's time to move up to a smartphone ::siiiiggghhhh::

[ace-brickman.livejournal.com]

HOLD OUT AS LONG AS YOU CAN!!!!!

they still are unable to email ME anytime!

[heinous_bitca.livejournal.com]

If it's print, it's not current.

[hiroe.livejournal.com]

Mmm, dead-tree format.

[xforge.livejournal.com]

Hehe, I just wanna be able to schlep something around without having to buy a smartphone or iPad, it doesn't matter to me if the data is a month or two old. But yeah I know.

[xforge.livejournal.com]

Is it worth it to switch our three phones from Verizon to Sprint to get their rolled-into-the-plan data access and the HTC Evo G4?

[captpackrat.livejournal.com]

I've got an EVO and I loveitloveitloveit! The screen is HUGE compared to the iPhone and others. The browser is actually usable for most web sites.

And Sprint's cheaper than any of the other phone companies, even with the EVO's $10 Awesome Phone Fee Premium Data Plan.

[hiroe.livejournal.com]

I still get my model railroad mags in dead-tree format. Also, i will never let go of my tactile love of bound books. The smell of the ink and glue, the feel of the paper; take that e-reader and stick it up your ass.

[xforge.livejournal.com]

Exactly. I kinda like the Kindle but I always want some books around; I just re-bought a copy of my favorite old Heinlein novel that I lost due to an overzealous girlfriend and a garage sale. It's wonderful.

[pne.livejournal.com]

It would probably help if you posted where you live.

People recommending a Nepalese magazine won't help you if you live in Uruguay, nor vice-versa.

[xforge.livejournal.com]

I keep forgetting how international this thing is.

[xforge.livejournal.com]

fixed. = )

[falnfenix]

dead-tree versions of tech mags are guaranteed to be out of date by printing. why bother? read a book.

[jecook]

Wish I could help here, but for the large part, I get the vast majority of my tech news from reading sites such as The Register (aka El Reg), Tom's Hardware, and other hardware/software news feeds.

[xforge.livejournal.com]

I have nothing but love for tomshardware.com. I have in fact given up on most printed tech mags but I picked up an old MaximumPC and enjoyed some of what was in there, and said to myself, hmm, if this had fresher data in it it'd be kickass.

[mavikfelna.livejournal.com]

MaximumPC.com is up to date and a great resource I think. I like the magazine, I still like having a mag to flip through, but with the addition of the website I think it is KickAss.

--Mav

[agmlego.livejournal.com]

I like PopSci, personally, but of course it *is* out of date as it is printed.

[captpackrat.livejournal.com]

I get a whole bunch of free tech magazines. Computerworld, Networkworld, InformationWeek and Processor. My SO also gets Wired and PC World, but they suck rocks.

I get the Ars Technica blog delivered to my Kindle. It's only 99 cents a month and is totally worth it.

I also get the Kindle edition of the San Jose Mercury News. They have fairly good IT coverage (being in Silicon Valley and all); it's $5.99 a month for the Kindle version, $2.50 a week for the dead tree version.

My favorite IT news source is the Register, but they don't have a print edition nor a Kindle edition.

[merlin-t-wizard.livejournal.com]

I still subscribe to Computer Power User magazine.
http://www.computerpoweruser.com/
I know, I'm ancient.

[xforge.livejournal.com]

::old dude knuckle bump::