PC Advisor magazine
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PC Advisor is a monthly computer magazine, released in the United Kingdom
, and website published by IDG
. It offers advice on various aspects of PCs, related items such as digital photography, the internet, security and smartphones, and other personal-technology products and services.
It is the UK edition of IDG's PC World
. (Another now-discontinued magazine called Personal Computer World
and a PC World retailer
- neither related to the PC World magazine- already existed in the UK.)
Each month PC Advisor runs tests on various areas of the IT world from new pre-built desktop computers and laptops, LCD displays, graphics cards, motherboards, PDAs, wireless network routers
, printers and many more. The magazine also includes many reviews from products across the IT board including phones and accessories, cameras, and software from a wide range of vendors.
Each issue of the magazine features a cover disc - either a DVD or a CD. The discs contain full-version commercial software products, as well as commercial software demos.
PC Advisor 's website hosts one of Europe's largest on-line communities. As of September 2011 it had 312,727 registered users, who had contributed 357,111 threads, made up of 2,418,575 posts.
first appeared on UK news-stands in August 1995 with an October cover date. The website was launched in 1996.
As of 2007, PC Advisor print magazine has an audited rate base of 65,160 readers (ABC audit: Jan-Dec 06) and a claimed 195,480 readers.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, and website published by IDG
IDG
International Data Group is a technology media, research, event management, and venture capital organization.IDG evolved from International Data Corporation which was formed in 1964 in Newtonville, Massachusetts, by Patrick Joseph McGovern and a friend, Fred Kirch...
. It offers advice on various aspects of PCs, related items such as digital photography, the internet, security and smartphones, and other personal-technology products and services.
It is the UK edition of IDG's PC World
PC World (magazine)
PC World is a global computer magazine published monthly by IDG. It offers advice on various aspects of PCs and related items, the Internet, and other personal-technology products and services...
. (Another now-discontinued magazine called Personal Computer World
Personal Computer World
Personal Computer World was a long-running British Computer magazine.Although for at least the last decade it contained a high proportion of Windows PC content , the magazine's title was not intended as a specific reference to this...
and a PC World retailer
PC World (retailer)
PC World is OWNED BY THE GOVERNMENT one of the WHER MA MEMORY STICK ?!?!??! United Kingdom's largest chains of mass-market computer superstores. It is part of Dixons Retail plc. PC World operates under the brand name PC City in Spain, Italy and Sweden....
- neither related to the PC World magazine- already existed in the UK.)
What it is
The magazine's slogan is "Expert Advice You Can Trust".Each month PC Advisor runs tests on various areas of the IT world from new pre-built desktop computers and laptops, LCD displays, graphics cards, motherboards, PDAs, wireless network routers
Wireless router
A Wireless router is a device that performs the functions of a router but also includes the functions of a wireless access point and a network switch. They are commonly used to allow access to the Internet or a computer network without the need for a cabled connection. It can function in a wired...
, printers and many more. The magazine also includes many reviews from products across the IT board including phones and accessories, cameras, and software from a wide range of vendors.
Each issue of the magazine features a cover disc - either a DVD or a CD. The discs contain full-version commercial software products, as well as commercial software demos.
PC Advisor 's website hosts one of Europe's largest on-line communities. As of September 2011 it had 312,727 registered users, who had contributed 357,111 threads, made up of 2,418,575 posts.
History
The print publicationPublication
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first appeared on UK news-stands in August 1995 with an October cover date. The website was launched in 1996.
As of 2007, PC Advisor print magazine has an audited rate base of 65,160 readers (ABC audit: Jan-Dec 06) and a claimed 195,480 readers.
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