chuq@plaid.Sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) (11/24/87)
[note: I'm turning this discussion back to comp.sys.mac only for future followups] >I've been getting the same feeling myself, Chuq (although I'm just one of the >millions of poor sods who subsribes -- thank God I don't write for them). But >since I gave up on MacWorld long ago (they seemed much too fluffy), where's >a news-hungry Mac user to turn? I get MacTutor for programming tips, but >for product reviews and previews, is there a reasonable alternative to MacUser? I'd give MacWorld another look. They've upgraded their coverage in the last year. Still a bit fluffy, but much improved. I also recommend MacAzine as another magazine that has made major improvements in the last year. They're turning into a real magazine with some solid material and good reporting. It's hard. There isn't a single Macintosh magazine that you can subscribe to and be satisified. For me, the optimal list right now is FOUR, which is way too high: MacTutor (you must read this is you hack a Macintosh) MacWorld MacAzine (complementary, magazines. If you can only read one, take a look at both and se which you prefer. It's a tough choice, and I don't know which one I'd choose right now) Macintosh Today (biweekly news rag. Worth it if you qualify for a free subscription to keep up to date) most of the other magazines I've seen are pretty useless -- either rehashing stuff everyone else has already rehashed, hopelessly amateur writing, or simply boring. I'd LOVE a magazine that would put together the good parts of MacWorld with a stronger technical, MacTutor orientation (at the least, someone who does an MPW column and probably an LSC column -- the lispers, fortraners and the rest of the lesser-used languages probably wouldn't warrant enough pages to make it worth it). Then I'd be in heaven. sigh. anyone got a spare $5million to put on a publishing startup? chuq --- Chuq "Fixed in 4.0" Von Rospach chuq@sun.COM Delphi: CHUQ