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Ive finally received my last issue of PC World and now Ive somehow received a free 1-year subscription to PC Magazine. I was flipping through these two issues (September for PCW & August for PCM) and Im getting increasingly peeved. With names like PC WORLD and PC MAGAZINE youd think these mags would be loaded with plenty of insightful computer info. Nope! Just a ton of advertisements and articles about stuff not even related to PCs! Heres the break down
(TOC, index, and staff listing page are ignored. Partial page advertisements were also ignored)
PC Magazine (Aug '06):
Pages of PC-related articles -- 42 (37%)
Pages of non-PC-related articles -- 25
Pages of FULL page advertisements -- 46
--Thats right, more pages of advertisement than actual PC articles!! I know they have to make their money somehow but come on!! Id rather pay double the subscription rate and have a magazine I can actually spend more than one sitting on.
PC WORLD (Sept '06):
Pages of PC-related articles -- 45 (only 30%!!)
Pages of non-PC-related articles -- 18
Pages of FULL page advertisements -- 87
--Could the point be any more clear!! 87 PAGES OF FULL PAGE ADS!?! Thats almost 60% of the entire magazine!
Im getting ready to sign up for CPU because Ive heard a lot of good things about it here at [H]. Im hoping it wont be another statistical nightmare like these two. Any other good mag's to consider?
EDIT (8/24):
My first ssue of CPU just came in yesterday. Check this out...
Computer Power User (Sept '06):
Pages of PC-related articles -- 75
Pages of non-PC-related articles -- 14
Pages of FULL page advertisements -- 18
That's right, a whopping 70% of relevant PC content! Man I hope this is normal for CPU - I'm loving this mag already!
(TOC, index, and staff listing page are ignored. Partial page advertisements were also ignored)
PC Magazine (Aug '06):
Pages of PC-related articles -- 42 (37%)
Pages of non-PC-related articles -- 25
Pages of FULL page advertisements -- 46
--Thats right, more pages of advertisement than actual PC articles!! I know they have to make their money somehow but come on!! Id rather pay double the subscription rate and have a magazine I can actually spend more than one sitting on.
PC WORLD (Sept '06):
Pages of PC-related articles -- 45 (only 30%!!)
Pages of non-PC-related articles -- 18
Pages of FULL page advertisements -- 87
--Could the point be any more clear!! 87 PAGES OF FULL PAGE ADS!?! Thats almost 60% of the entire magazine!
Im getting ready to sign up for CPU because Ive heard a lot of good things about it here at [H]. Im hoping it wont be another statistical nightmare like these two. Any other good mag's to consider?
EDIT (8/24):
My first ssue of CPU just came in yesterday. Check this out...
Computer Power User (Sept '06):
Pages of PC-related articles -- 75
Pages of non-PC-related articles -- 14
Pages of FULL page advertisements -- 18
That's right, a whopping 70% of relevant PC content! Man I hope this is normal for CPU - I'm loving this mag already!