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14 of 14 customers found the following review helpful:
A good magazine but..., 2005-10-29
Its good to learn hadware installation and how to intall peripheral devices.
It comes with a CD with every issue with usefull utilities, applications, and game demos.
However, it claims to be 'unbiased' in its reviewing like it claims the other PC magazines are, but using some of its reviewed products, I find this hard to beleive, especially when it has as much advrtising as the other PC Magazines.
Its a good magazine for the intermediade/advanced PC user, and it is good when used in conjunction with the other PC magazines as well.
I don't find quite all the software tech stuff I'd want to, but I find quite a bit on the hardware side. Worth having, but not worth being your only PC resourse... consider the other pc mags as well.
10 of 10 customers found the following review helpful:
 The best Computer Magazine, 2005-08-06
I think this magazine is the best computer magazine around. However, this magazine is more towards the gamers and the extreme PC enthusiasts (like me). I don't know why anybody would want the disk version because it just costs more and there's nothing really good on the disk. As for the magazine it reviews pretty much everything that you would want to know about, even a few things you don't really want to know about. A lot of people get mad at Maximum PC because of the way they put there reviews and everything. Some months it'll be focused on MP3 Players and other months Motherboards or CPU's or something like that. I don't know how many people like this type of magazine, but I sure do. If you have come from PC World or PC Magazine and are looking for a more entertaining magazine this is for you. If you like PC World and PC Magazine and are looking for an addition to these, do not get this magazine unless you are very sure that you are going to like reading about graphics cards and cpus. So all those people that don't like computers, don't like computer gaming upgrade advise, and don't like entertaining magazines stay away from this one and stop spamming amazon with reviews of the magazine that are bias.
9 of 9 customers found the following review helpful:
The Car & Driver of Computer Magazines, 2005-03-22
I have been a subscriber to PC magazine for over ten years and watched in dismay as slowly but surely the magazine has become painfully boring. Max PC may not have the erudite vocabulary, it may not have the latest outlook or word-processing tips, but it has FUN. The joy of doing something faster and better is back. I read Max PC and it takes me back to the seventies when computing power hitherto available only to businesses started to leak down to the public.
Most of the other magazines have lost the hardware angle completely. Max PC is for those who take pride in the hardware. Forget the corporate drones who are forced to review the best mini-mouse for cramming work in coach class--instead, read about how to make a PC case shine like a Ferrari. Learn how to overclock a processor with liquid cooling (who would have thought?). It is simply fascinating and has taken me back to the days when new developments were fast and furious. Worth every penny--heck, I may even get back into computer games.
3 of 3 customers found the following review helpful:
Excellent magazine,but with flaws..., 2005-01-16
This is an excellent magazine! For cutting edge computer products and components,you cant find a better resource than Maximun PC.The one drawback to Maximun PC is that ,often,the products they review are high-end products that are typically priced out of the average readers range.The review are insightful,but the magazine would be alot better if they spent more time detailing products in the mid-price range.Its still a very good resource,and very informative! Definately the best computer magazine I know of.
9 of 9 customers found the following review helpful:
Maximum PC - Minimum BS, 2004-11-22
I started buying this in Sept of '03 because of the short blurb on the cover (of every issue) "Maximum PC - Minimum BS".
I have never seen that proved wrong. Every issue is crammed full of articles that bring maximum PC goodness right to your mailbox.
There are articles about building and modifying your own PC, reviews of PC's and PC components, a "Watchdog" column that keeps readers abreast of problems in the industry (and attempts to find solutions for readers, too - a nice touch), a head-to-head article that compares one similar product to another, an "Ask the Doctor" column that provides answers to both simple and very complex computer questions, and many others.
My favorite is the how-to's in just about every issue. All of the how-to's show even neophytes how to get down and get dirty with mods (modifications) to their machine. But, the articles take neither a "write down to the lowest level" nor a "technogeek know-it-all" approach - they tell you what to do and how to do it simply, and reveal many "secrets" you won't read in mainstream computer magazines.
And the reviews. I love the "Kick-A**" award - you know that product is good. And when a product doesn't meet their standards they simply come right out and tell you it sucks - saving people lots of money in the bargain, I suspect.
This product is managed by the same people who do "PC Gamer" and it shows. Many games =require= the latest and greatest machines in order to run well. And the few game reviews shows that they know games just as well as they know computers.
Their writing style isn't for everyone, but I really enjoy the almost in-your-face attitude that they project. This is the kind of person I want standing behind me when I make expensive modifications to my computer system - keeping me from making mistakes before I start to turn a single screw.
Recommended to anyone who has ever thought of opening the cover of their computer and doing thier own upgrades and modifications. Highly recommended to any person who builds and modifies computers - especially highly recommended to any people who do this for computers that are virtually dedicated to gaming. Well worth reading and keeping.
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