Free Home Computer Magazine

jennyjo_2 · 29 March 2005 at 4:48PM

http://www.homecomputermagazine.com/index.htm

UK's only free computer magazine for home users. Published every month, we are written by professional journalists and aim to be the essential read for all PC users.

Our PC magazine is distributed electronically in unprotected PDF format. What does that mean? It means that all you need is Adobe Acrobat Reader v.6 or above (also free) to view the magazine and it means that we can design a completely unique magazine and take advantage of the benefits of electronic publishing, like live feedback and animated and even interactive graphics - have you ever seen a Windows tutorial before where you can play with a simualtion of the Control Panel from within the magazine page?

Meeten · 29 March 2005 at 6:16PM

this sounds brill - thanks for that!!

mackenzie_2 · 29 March 2005 at 6:36PM

Thanks.....This is great.

biggrizz · 29 March 2005 at 7:31PM

A big thanks for this. :beer:

buffers · 31 March 2005 at 9:34PM

Is this too good to be true? Are there any catches?

Luis · 31 March 2005 at 9:50PM

Having scoured their FAQ page and even their 'cynics' page lol- it would appear not.

rizla01 · 31 March 2005 at 11:12PM

Looks like it's paid for by Dell & Mesh computers, tho

LadyMarmalade_2 · 1 April 2005 at 8:58PM

Thanks for this-i'm going to let the OH know about the mag. :T

sra · 1 April 2005 at 9:17PM

was mentioned here when it was first launched

Cranboy · 3 April 2005 at 8:38PM

Hi

Just spotted this thread. Yes, we're free; yes we're legit (glad someone enjoyed the Cynics page); yes, we have advertising from, among others, Dell Outlet and Mesh. Erm, that's the point. The magazine is funded by ad revenue. It doesn't mean they influence the magazine editorial though - please read the FAQ on our editorial policy.

Incidentally, this post referred users to issue 4, but issue 5 was published last week:
http://www.homecomputermagazine.com/issue5.htm

Glad people are enjoying it.

Regards
Dave

baby_lamb · 9 April 2005 at 11:28PM

Thanks for this.

Also, past issues of PCPlus magazine are available to download free at

http://www.pcplus.co.uk/pdf/

Whilst the publisher used to post issues about a year after publication, they are now about 16 months behind. Still, the world of PC software hasn't moved forward that much in the last few years. Many of the tips about tuning and maintaining Windows XP are still relevant. Those running older systems such as NT or Windows 98 can find articles from the older issues.

PCPlus is quite technically geared, with many tutorials on computer programming. What may be of wider interest are the tips and tutorials on using popular software such as Word and Excel, which I find to be very useful.

Free Home Computer Magazine

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