Comments on: The (continued) decline of the PC press http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=288 Helping PC users make sense of Microsoft software since 1991 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:54:09 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Hellsbellboy http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=288&cpage=1#comment-482 Hellsbellboy Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=288#comment-482 I would say within the next 8 months.. I started out learning more about PCs with Magazine's like PC Magazine, back in 1998, when I had a sllloowww AOL 56K connection and surfing the net was pretty painful. Now that I have broadband (for the last 3 years) I find myself mostly on my PC doing things, instead of buying Magazine's, reading books, or even watching TV. Only Magazine I get now is Maximum PC and that's just because I like the writting style. I would say within the next 8 months..

I started out learning more about PCs with Magazine’s like PC Magazine, back in 1998, when I had a sllloowww AOL 56K connection and surfing the net was pretty painful. Now that I have broadband (for the last 3 years) I find myself mostly on my PC doing things, instead of buying Magazine’s, reading books, or even watching TV. Only Magazine I get now is Maximum PC and that’s just because I like the writting style.

]]> By: Zaine Ridling http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=288&cpage=1#comment-483 Zaine Ridling Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=288#comment-483 I give it 15 months on the far side. Google will continue its popularity for one reason -- its minimalist simplicity. The Smithsonian should make an archive of some of PCMag's web pages just so that 100 years from now, students will laugh. Now that RSS ads are on the way, I'm sure PCMag will smother their feeds likewise. I give it 15 months on the far side. Google will continue its popularity for one reason — its minimalist simplicity. The Smithsonian should make an archive of some of PCMag’s web pages just so that 100 years from now, students will laugh. Now that RSS ads are on the way, I’m sure PCMag will smother their feeds likewise.

]]> By: NevOn http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=288&cpage=1#comment-484 NevOn Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=288#comment-484 <strong>Print or online? Whatever - it's all about the audience</strong> How long will it be before traditional print magazines die off because of the internet? Ed Bott poses this question, quoting commentary by Alan Meckler at Jupiter Media, specifically regarding PC Magazine and PC World. It caught my attention primarily Print or online? Whatever – it’s all about the audience

How long will it be before traditional print magazines die off because of the internet? Ed Bott poses this question, quoting commentary by Alan Meckler at Jupiter Media, specifically regarding PC Magazine and PC World. It caught my attention primarily

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