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As per all magazines, it declined to 10% content and 90% advertising that you had to pay a large chunk of cash for. Good riddance to them all.
I seem to remember it being mostly advertising even in the early 90s. My thought on the headline was "and nothing of value was lost", but thats perhaps unfair since the last time I looked in one was probably 20 years ago.
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I seem to remember it being mostly advertising even in the early 90s. My thought on the headline was "and nothing of value was lost", but thats perhaps unfair since the last time I looked in one was probably 20 years ago.
I used to page through the ads and find the biggest, fastest computers and I'd fantasize about having them. (I was a kid)
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I used to page through the ads and find the biggest, fastest computers and I'd fantasize about having them. (I was a kid)
That's exactly what I did. Kind of funny now that the only computer I own is a pretty low spec MacBook Air and I'm perfectly content with it.
At some point recently, we crossed a threshold from being hardware limited to being originality limited (or I did anyway).
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That's exactly what I did. Kind of funny now that the only computer I own is a pretty low spec MacBook Air and I'm perfectly content with it.
"low spec" now means "unimaginably fast and powerful" around 1995 and "Martian Supercomputer" in 1985. At some point recently, we crossed a threshold from being hardware limited to being originality limited (or I did anyway).
I remember when the first C2D benchmarks were released, it was hilarious at just how much faster they were than anything else around. Poor AMD hasn't recovered since...
The magazine's title always seemed like an omen that death was inevitable.
It makes me wonder...in the faced paced tech world today, where things appear as fast as they disappear, what the odds are of finding a title that stands the test of time.
As PC magazines go, I have to admit, I kinda miss Computer Shopper. Some of my earliest, and fondest, memories of getting started in computing involve poring over issues of that magazine, reading the columns, drooling over the parts advertised in the copious ads, and dreaming about ordering up a motherboard, case, power supply, video card, etc., and building a computer from scratch. As history would have it, that's p…
Personally, the only computer magazine I feel sad about not being in print is Byte. I loved that magazine.
Personally, the only computer magazine I feel sad about not being in print is Byte. I loved that magazine.
I didn't discover Byte until the 1990s, in college. I often sat in the library reading back issues. When I finally subscribed to the magazine myself, I only received a few months' worth before they folded up shop! Great memories nevertheless.
Luckily, my college had a very complete collection of BYTE, dating back to their second or third year. I am quite sure I read everything they had.
Personally, the only computer magazine I feel sad about not being in print is Byte. I loved that magazine.
Testify brother any one else notice the shoutout in toy story one to BYTE? Always wished I had the nerve to get our electronics shop at BHRA to build the modems costing $35 for one project instead of paying £300 for a five answer modems and £600 for an answer originate - highly naughty at the time as you could only connect approved devices to the BT network - as it was we had them taken apart and some components chan…
No. Where is that?