2 of 3 customers found the following review helpful:
 The Mac Mag, 2003-02-26
This magzine is great. It's articals arn't boring like Mac World's and The Disc always has plenty of useful and fun software.
1 of 3 customers found the following review helpful:
Disc isn't necessary, 2003-01-01
i was very happy to find that I could get this mag at half the regular price. I don't need the monthly CDs, I can download anything mentioned in the mag over my cable connection. Why create more waste for the landfill?
3 of 4 customers found the following review helpful:
 Not the great read it once was..., 2002-12-16
Having been a charter subscriber since Issue One, paying full subscriber rates, I am now subscribing disc-less at cut rate. Can't put my finger on it, but MacAddict has lost something. Too juvenile, too silly, too much waste of my time... I'm not sure. But I'm not ready to cut the cord just yet. Sorry, Rick. In the meantime, I'm putting my hard earned cash on MacHome, a much improved magazine with great promise.
120 of 130 customers found the following review helpful:
 Some helpful bits amid the sass, 2002-12-12
The ranks of Macintosh magazines have always been thin. After the demise of MacUser (the best magazine) and MacWeek (the best trade), MacAddict came out of nowhere to fill some of that void.As an alternative to MacWorld, the venerable option for Mac users, MacAddict brings some life to the party. Offering the content of MacWorld, but written like Maxim, the enthusiasm for the platform definitely comes through. MacAddict is not unique in content. You get product reviews, how-to's, tips, interviews, and such. (Depending on your subscription, it may also include a helpful CD loaded with freeware, shareware, video clips, and other goodies - it's the CD that gives the mag its raison d'etre.) All things considered, it's your typical computer magazine. What sets it apart is its insider, wink-wink, Gen X attitude. And that's where the strength and weakness of the magazine lies. How much you'll enjoy MacAddict depends how much you like the attitude. Personally, I find it a bit grating and in-your-face simply for in-your-face's sake. MacWorld may be a better choice in this regard. MacAddict tends to be a bit thin page-wise, too. It's about half the length of comparable computer magazines. Part of that lies in the fact that the Mac universe isn't as loaded with as much debris as the PC's, but still, MacWorld has more content. And that content does have some bigger names writing it, too. One area in which MacAddict does beat MacWorld is that it seems to be on a tighter publishing schedule - getting reviews of new products ahead of its stodgier cousin. But when you consider what is available in this regard on the Internet, this advantage doesn't seem so helpful. If you are a Mac fanatic - and can afford it - get MacAddict with MacWorld. But if you are a normal user, I'd tip the scales toward MacWorld.
4 of 6 customers found the following review helpful:
Five stars for MacAddict ..., 2002-10-29
If you are a Macintosh user you deserve to live. But if you buy this magazine without the disc you deserve to have a PC...oh no, how I could, I wrote those two letters together. Well, don't misunderstand me, this is THE MAGAZINE for mac users, but without the the disc it's just like this: Mom, may I watch the t.v.? -Oh yes, honey, you can watch it, just don't turn it on.
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