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From: chuq@plaid.Sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach)
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Subject: Magazines to read (was Re: MacUser Hypercard coverage)
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[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
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Chuq "Fixed in 4.0" Von Rospach			chuq@sun.COM	Delphi: CHUQ