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From: twakeman@hpcea.CE.HP.COM (Teriann Wakeman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: MacWorld vs. MacUser vs. Macazine vs. ??
Message-ID: <430053@hpcea.CE.HP.COM>
Date: 20 Oct 88 18:12:38 GMT
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Organization: HP Corporate Engineering - Palo Alto, CA
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When MacWorld and the Mac were both new, MacWorld was the only answer. It had
articals of use to us new Macites learning the new machines. But after a year,
with Macworld, I grew up but MacWorld didn't. It still seemed to cater to
beginners. MacUser came along with their offer of a free premier issue. It
was better then MacWorld. It had offerings for both begining users and more
sophisticated users. Things like introductions to programming languages on
the Mac {the 2 part 'A taste of Pascal' comes to mind} or how to's using
tools such as Res-Edit or Fedit. But somwhere along the line, MacUser went
into direct competition with MacWorld for the beginner market, and abandoned
more experianced users. A few months ago Macazine gave me a freebee 6 mo
subscription. So far I have found at least one and sometimes more articals
per issue that I thought were interesting. I feel that Macazines reviews
are more realistic than those of the other magazines. I have not found an
interisting artical in MacUser in I don't know how long. When MacUser runs 
an artical on what I think is an interesting subject it seems to be full of
introduction with no substance. I have found myself questioning some of     
MacUser's reviews and review methods. When My subscription to MacUser ends,
it is not going to be renewed. On the otherhand, That freebee 6 months to
Macazine has me hooked. I will purchase a subscription to Macizine.

My advice: If you are new to Macs, subscribe to MacWorld for a year and 
move to Macazine. If you are familure with Macs, try Macazine. If you specify
Mac hardware and/or software subscribe to MacWorld to see what is coming 
on the market soon, and to Macazine to read the reviews to see how good it
really is when it is on the market.

Me, I am still looking for a magazine aimed midway between Macazine and
Mactutor.

TeriAnn