Article View: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Article #19420Re: Why do we read PC mags?
From: Darryl Okahata
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 19:35
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 19:35
23 lines
1663 bytes
1663 bytes
Gerry Roston (gerry@cmu.edu) wrote:
> I recently resubscribed to PC Magazine, and after having received the
> January 26 issue, I must ask myself why. The columnists are total
> morons, the hardware reviews are wrong, self-contradictory and biased,
> and the ads are not as good or plentiful as the Computer Shopper.
Although I stopped subscribing to any computer magazine a long time
ago, I don't think the reviews are all that bad (I do dislike the
columnists, though). Occasionally, I'll go down to the local mall and
buy a copy of PC mag.
"Plentiful" ads do not necessarily translate to "good". To me, it
seems that many of the companies that people complain about in
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware advertise in Computer Shopper and not in PC Mag
(not that PC Mag doesn't contain any).
-- Darryl Okahata
Internet: darrylo@sr.hp.com
DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not
constitute the support, opinion or policy of Hewlett-Packard or of the
little green men that have been following him all day.
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<C0Jvqx.43y@srgenprp.sr.hp.com>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!hpscit.sc.hp.com!news.dtc.hp.com!srgenprp!darryloReferences:
<GERRY.93Jan8111215@onion.cmu.edu>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!hpscit.sc.hp.com!news.dtc.hp.com!srgenprp!darrylo From: darrylo@sr.hp.com (Darryl Okahata) Subject: Re: Why do we read PC mags? Sender: news@srgenprp.sr.hp.com (placeholder for future) Message-ID: <C0Jvqx.43y@srgenprp.sr.hp.com> Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 19:35:20 GMT Reply-To: darrylo@sr.hp.com References: <GERRY.93Jan8111215@onion.cmu.edu> Organization: Hewlett-Packard / Center for Primal Scream Therapy X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8.1] Lines: 24