7 of 8 customers found the following review helpful:
 Best Mac Magazine Bar None, 2002-07-07
If you're looking for a macintosh magazine and can't afford subscribing to Macworld, MacDesign, and MacAddict, get MacAddict. Not only has it been redesigned from the ground up, but they got rid of their insipidly stupid mascot Max in the review section. No longer are we faced with the blech, freakin' awesome, etc... of this tiresome cartoon character. But more than that are its features, reviews (that everyone can understand), games sections, get info, and more. It's irreverant, fun, sometimes a little too juvenile, but you get the impression that the people who run this magazine LOVE using macs. I never got that impression from the other mac magazines (except maybe MacDesign) or from any PC magazine on the market. With that said, it also comes with a monthly CD (which I believe is about $1 extra) just brimming with demos, freeware, shareware, movie clips, and more. It's a great magazine and you won't be disappointed. You'll look forward to each and every issue and read it from cover to cover (too bad it's not twice a month!).
23 of 28 customers found the following review helpful:
 No CD = No Subscription, 2002-05-16
The one star is for this deal, not for the magazine: To offer MacAddict without the CD is like offering the New Yorker without the cartoons--it's an integral component. One of the main reasons to buy the magazine is to get the demos, updates, freeware, shareware, and staff movies. No doubt that the magazine is fun, a little irreverent, and mostly on top of things...but the magazine also is written with the disc in mind. So, please, Amazon, offer a REAL MacAddict subscription.
1 of 2 customers found the following review helpful:
 No Mac owner should be without MacAddict, 2002-02-28
My fist copy of MacAddict was issue 6 and I haven't missed one since. The subscription cost is worth it just for the Disc. Back in the days when 28.8 was a screaming fast modem, the Disc was a lifesaver packed with a weeks worth of downloads. That was also back when Apple let MacAddict put OS updates on the Disc but Steve put an end to that :( The How To sections vary from "Yeah Whatever" to "...Awesome" and some go where the vast majority of Mac owners should never venture (overclocking an iBook!!). Others, like some of the Photoshop tips, make the one year cost [worth it] compared to what you pay for a book. The content is thin sometimes and the reviews tend to cheerlead a bit but MacAddict is still head and shoulders over any other Mac magazine. If you own a Mac, you should subscribe for at least a year. After that, you should have a good collection of Disc's with the essentials (Stuffit, BBEdit, GraphicConverter, etc) and you can decide if you want more.
one of my favorite mac mags, 2002-02-09
I get this as well as Mac Home and Mac World. I like Mac Addict the most. It has a wealth of information that is good for the common user. It has a good advertising section in the back of the magazine that is great to flip through. I really enjoy the CDs that come with the magazine - it comes with materials that are written about in the issue. Mac Addict also writes with a sense of humor - always a good thing!
6 of 6 customers found the following review helpful:
A must-have subscription for Mac users, 2002-02-07
If you are thinking about getting a Macintosh, have just bought a new Mac or if you just have an old Mac Classic in your attic, this Magazine is a must-have. I have every issue from the first one and I keep them all as references.They have ads, but they are not full of ads like many of their competitors. Every single issue has a "get info" secion where commonly and not-so-commonly asked questions and/or problems are asked and answered. Every issue has at least one tutorial on a major Mac product... from Photoshop to Quicken and everything in between. Many items are reviewed from kid's games, learning software, scanners, digital cameras, etc... in a language that mere mortals can understand. Like any magazine, there are articles I could care less about, but every single issue has at least one article that makes having the magazine worth keeping indefinitely. While they show off the features of the latest greatest Macs, they do not ignore the old beige Mac Classics and their siblings... how-to articles on upgrading different models are featured often and the accompanying CD will contain latest updates from Apple (so you don't have to download), shareware and freeware apps described in the Magazine and apps for OSX, Classic and older (pre OS 8) Macs are included. I can't say enough how much I treasure my subscription to MacAddict.
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