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- From: cholette@saguenay.iro.umontreal.ca (Martin Cholette)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
- Subject: Re: Magazines for PC: Which is better?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec25.223020.20507@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
- Date: 25 Dec 92 22:30:20 GMT
- References: <1g8q4pINN7ib@agate.berkeley.edu> <1992Dec11.125234.11746@cs.unca.edu> <Bzu1AL.3rG@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>
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- In article <Bzu1AL.3rG@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec11.125234.11746@cs.unca.edu> fauerbac@ivy.cs.unca.edu (John Fauerbach) writes:
- >>c188-cr@po.berkeley.edu (Chua Hak Lien) writes:
- >
- >>: Which PC magazine is best for someone mainly interested in programming?
- >>: What exactly is the difference b/w PC Computing, PC Sources, PC Magazine
- >>: and PC World?
- >>:
- >>: Any info would be appreciated, as I can't subscribe to them all.. =)
- >>:
- >>: Chua
- >>: +==+
- >>:
- >>I like PC Magazine, but sometime I also read BYTE. BYTE goes into programming
- >>alot deeper than PC Magazine. It all depends on your interests and knowledge
- >>of computers. I think PC Computing, PC Sources, and PC World are only good
- >>for beginners and people that are not deeply involed in computers because
- >>these are easyer to understand to the normally person and does not go into as
- >>much depth as PC Magazine and BYTE. Just my $.02 worth.
- >
- >I'd tend to agree. My subscriptions at this point in time
- >are to PC Sources and PC Computing. The former because it
- >specializes in hardware acquisition and installation matters
- >and the latter because it emphasizes end-user software. PC
- >Magazine is a little top-heavy in the product reviews (which
- >is why I use my friend's extensive collection when trying to
- >find specific info on brands of hardware). Since I don't do
- >much low-level programming Byte doesn't hold too much interest
- >for me. I do look in there once in a while for items of inte-
- >rest, eg. details on the latest processor from Intel.
- >
- >
- >
- >--
- >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- >Iskandar Taib | The only thing worse than Peach ala
- >Internet: NTAIB@SILVER.UCS.INDIANA.EDU | Frog is Frog ala Peach
- >Bitnet: NTAIB@IUBACS !
-
-
- If programming is your main interest and you do some programming in 'C' then
- you will want to subscribe to Dr. Dobbs Journal. This journal is filled every
- month with programming tips, tricks, fancy algorithms, and in-depth articles.
- The only problem with Dr. Dobbs Journal is that it goes into much detail, this
- might be a problem to the novice, if you have a good background, then you need
- not worry. What you should do is go to a magazine stand and buy the next issue
- of Dr. Dobbs Journal, and see for yourself if you like it!
-
- Merry X-MAS
- Martin Cholette
-