Maximum PC Magazine

Pros: Comprehensive, informative articles and reviews.
Cons: Price.

Children, please close your eyes and read no more. I am about to review pure unadulterated computer pornography. Maximum PC contains enough hard-core computer articles and reviews to make a geek orgasm. Pity the poor computer virgin who opens...

Pros: The how to articles; The question and answer sessions
Cons: Reviews are sometimes incomplete; Sometimes too technical

I receive subscriptions to several electronics magazines each month. The majority of them I do not pay for; having obtained the subscription free of charge from a promotional offer. One of my freebies is Maximum PC, a publication about electronic ...

Pros: A youth-oriented PC magazine.
Cons: Depth of reviews can be lacking.

Have you read Car and Driver? Motor Trend? Professional automotive magazines akin to PC World and PC Magazine, right? Have you read Sport Comact Car? Super Street? Automotive magazines for the young, who wish to have the fastest ride akin to Maximum...

Pros: Only $12 a year, Thorough Reviews, Good features
Cons: Only 100 pages with 1/3 Ads

With the amount of computer products being released every day, and the technological changes taking place, I am in need of a magazine that can keep me informed. I must say first that Maximum PC is not the only computer magazine I subscribe to. But it...

Pros: Very informative, low price, great reviews.
Cons: None that I can think of.

I started my subscription to Maximum PC about 6 months ago and I have truly enjoyed each and every issue. The content is well laid out and of great assistance to anyone that that aspires to building or upgrading their own computer system.

The...

Pros: I didn't buy a subscription!
Cons: I bought one issue.

Maximum PC is Minimum PC Magazine. I bought the
May edition of this magazine thinking that it might
have some of the latest computer related information
and peripheral data within. It falls far short of what I
expected....

Pros: in-depth, lots of good articles
Cons: ads, high price

Maximum PC is very much like a hardcore magazine. It gives you all information straight up, without that BS. This is why many people like it, and subscribe to it on a regular basis.

Expect a loud cover page with stuff you care about on it....

Pros: Still gets to review the hottest technology
Cons: Contradictory as "Fighting for Peace."

I was a fan of Boot
If you never experienced Boot Magazine, you would be in for a surprise. (Boot was later re-labeled Maximum PC) The initial concept of the magazine was to make a publication that was appealing to the "Hard-Core"...

Pros: Ahead of the mainstream, great monthly columns like Watchdog
Cons: Articles are technical sometimes which comes off as arrogant

I have been a subscriber for over a year now and am still trying to get used to this magazine. Some months it seems to be a games magazine, some months a desktop publishing magazine.
There are great columns including Watchdog and Ask the...

Pros: Performance is the only deciding factor, unbiased by advertising dollars, covers wide expanse of computer-oriented products
Cons: Can be a little out of date, reviewers may not spend enough time with products

Most computer magazines rate on a price-to-performance ratio. It's not what's best, but rather what's good at a reasonable price. While wonderful for the average computer user, there is a group of hardware junkies (of which I'm a proud member) that...

Pros: Excellent editing; Truthful unbiased reviews; Incredibly informative
Cons: Expensive

Back in the days of boot, Maximum PC's first incarnation, the magazine's claim-to-fame was that it wasn't corporate-owned and did not therefore write biased reviews based on who owned the company making the product. And it was true. Nowhere...

Pros: Great information, good reviews, entertaining articles.
Cons: None really, I love this magazine.

Not only is MaximumPC a wonderful source of information on PC games, hardware, and service, but it's a pleasure to read as well. Unlike many magazines which are all numbers and critical reviews the writers for MaximumPC have fun.

The critical...

Pros: some good columns, good game reviews, and a cd.
Cons: in Intel's back pocket, un realistic about what a good price for any thing.

Ok, let me first say that I am not a happy camper. And I do look forward to the day that Maximum PC gets its act together. Yes! I said it, and I mean it too. If you want to know why, read on. If not, see ya.


I have been buying Maximum PC...

Pros: Fantastic hardware reviews
Cons: For experienced users only

When this mag came out a few short years ago under the name Boot, I was in geek heaven. This magazine makes power computing seem macho.

MaximumPC has taken a step downhill since the Boot days, kinda. When MaximumPC was Boot, it was a loud,...

Pros: Great writing, very informative
Cons: They got my address wrong

Maximum PC is billed as the magazine for power users, and it delivers a wide array of hardware info and previews of new products down the road. It’s published by Imagine media, the folks behind PC Gamer, amongst other PC mags, and provides a similar...