PC World Magazine

Pros: Cheap. Less than $20 for 12 issues
Cons: Not up to date with reviews

Should you buy PC WORLD? Well, let's see, the magazine does offer some good tips and tricks on how to improve system performance. But based on overall content, this magazine is so so. Always behind in reviews, for example, when the g-force video card...

Pros: None
Cons: Too complicated for the ordinary folk

If you are like a million others out there, you ordered or picked up at the supermarket a copy of PC World to try and enhance your knowledge of computers. Maybe, you just bought a new computer and thought this magazine would help you learn more about...

Pros: very informative
Cons: none noted

The one stop magazine for your pc needs. If you only get one magazine dealing with your pc I would say this is the one for you. PC World has just about anything you need from game reviews to website building help. If you need the information you can find...

Pros: Well written, great product comparison format, easier to read than most PC magazines
Cons: Too many ads, but that's true of all of them.

As a computer teacher at the middle school level, I subscribe to PC World for several reasons. Since I am on the school district committee that reviews and recommends technology equipment purchase, it is important for me to keep informed on current...

Pros: 'Real' computer magazine, not all internet, good testings
Cons: Too many ads

Here in my home country of New Zealand, PC World is the only local 'real' computer magazine. I say 'real' because there are other computer publications but they relate to the consumer internet market, and do not cater for the users who are slightly more...

Pros: Great Magazine has alot of information
Cons: Costs alittle more but it is worth it.

PC World magazine is a great,it tells you what kind of computers to buy, and also is very informative on telling you the ones that are not so good. Has alot of information about games also, which are appropriate for each age and child. Also has...

Pros: informative, concise
Cons: a little pricey if you are really needing the featured issues

I started getting this magazine free off the internet, and now i have found that i just can't live without it.

It has a Consumer Reports-type "Top 100" where you can read how the top 10 or 20 items rate against one another. It is...

Pros: Physical quality of the magazine still good, some excellent editorials, subscription cards make good firestarters
Cons: More advertisements than content, content not that great

I've been a PC World reader for at least a decade. I still have issues dating back to 1996 sitting in a closet, somewhere. I even pull them out occasionally, for a dose of nostalgia from my youth. Today's PC World, though, is far gone from what it ...

Pros: Good Articles
Cons: Ads, Late

I Bought the magazine at a store and looked through it. I thought, "Hey, this seems OK." So, I purchased a subscription to this magazine about 2 years ago. It was slow in coming, of course, and it came irregularly. I was supposed to get...

Pros: None
Cons: Practically all ads

I started getting PC World for free as part of an offer to give up unused frequent flyer miles, or I would never subscribe to this magazine after seeing the first issue. From my viewpoint, it is useful only for someone who is constantly buying and...

Pros: Well written, informative articles w/a minnimum of jargon.
Cons: Maybe not real helpful for the professional

90% of everything I've ever known about computers I have learned from PC World. I have found that PC World is clear, concise and informative. The writers make sense of an industry that you can get lost in very easily. They explain trends and publish...

Pros: Useful Articles,Tips and How to's
Cons: Not geared for the advanced user, vague details

PC World mag is a good choice for begginer and novice computer users alike.Their website at:www.pcworld.com has very many useful links and articles including but not limited to:FILEWORLD,REVIEWS,TIPWORLD and HOW TO.
Being the computer novice that I...

Pros: Nice graphics
Cons: Horrible reviews and ratings

I subscribed to PC WORLD magazine for a few years, and finally gave up on the magazine because of its brain dead reviews and recommendations. I didn't renew my subscription, but couldn't rid of the magazine! Why? Because after I failed to renew it,...

Pros: Better than PC Magazine for the home computer user.
Cons: Top 10 lists aimed more at Business than Home users.

This magazine always seems to be compared to PC Magazine, and usually not as favorably. I actually prefer it to PC Magazine, and this is for many reasons. One, I find their articles about new products to be a little less statistical and techie based,...

Pros: very informative
Cons: does tend to side more for business readers

As a subscriber to PC World, I have learned more about the computer industry than I could possibly imagine. The articles are well written, informative, and in most cases, humorous. PC World reaches a broad spectrum of readers, from the business tycoon...