22 of 26 customers found the following review helpful:
 Almost "Maximum" PC..., 2001-11-30
I subscribe to this magazine. I really like it, too. But, once you get into specialized hardware, Maximum PC seems pretty "behind". For instance, they gush and slobber over Plextor CD-RWs, yet Lite-On CD-RWs have MORE capabilities (i.e. they can burn the correct EFM encoding on CD-Rs like Plextor BUT they can also burn 99 minute 850 MB CDs which Plextor can't) and Lite-On costs about HALF as much! But, Lite-On doesn't advertise in Maximum PC like Maximum's Plextor benefactors. Also, Asus Tek has been making a GeForce3 video card with video capture capabilities for several months now...seems more "Maximum" than the plain old "gaming" video cards they cream over (literally perfect 10 ratings). I don't recall seeing Asus Tek ads in their magazine....hmmmm. Let's face it, they provide "Maximum" exposure for their advertisers, not the hoped for "Maximum PC" OBJECTIVE hardware reviews in general. Maximum PC is a great medium for beginning your research...perhaps a more apt title would be "Medium PC."
9 of 10 customers found the following review helpful:
 AVID READER SINCE "boot" WAS THE NAME, 2001-11-09
for computer enthusiast, MaxPC is a welcome sight in your mailbox. i can remember for years savorying every page of "boot" (as it was called in beginning) as i was (and still am) obcessed with PC's. Anyone, from advanced users - to beginners looking for knowledge - can profit from every issue of MaxPC. the icing on the cake is the subscription that comes with a CD-ROM as it is packed with demos, utilities, and other useful apps (very helpful for those not blessed with broadband connections). Until I discovered the community of hardware enthusiast web sites, MaxPC, formerly "boot", was my only really informative source for computing news and articles. To this day, i consider my subscription to it worth more than 10 subscriptions to most other computing mags. I can't wait until they merge with DVD media and maybe end up offering more info on Divx codecs, encoding your own movies, and best bang for the buck audio and video equipment. Try a few issues (with CD)and you may get hooked...
8 of 8 customers found the following review helpful:
The straight scoop, 2001-11-01
Thank god this is not a Ziff Davis publication. MaxPC will actually tell you if a product is bad. They will print just what they think about something; no sugar coating. I would compare their style to Car and Driver. Technical, but they know how to have a good time.
6 of 9 customers found the following review helpful:
The Straight Scoop, 2001-10-31
Maximum PC has been a groundbreaking magazine since the day it first hit the stands. Geek with flash, a fresh look at technology with a hip upbeat tempo. If you're tired of crawling through magazines that have articles written by ex MIT professors from the 60's and people that don't actually use the hardware and software other than a quick test to write the article then pick up this magazine.
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