Digital Maximum PC? It's About Time
Posted 08/06/07 at 06:41:03 PM by Will Smith
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Without any ado at all, I'd like to announce the arrival of the free digital edition of Maximum PC. Instead of charging extra for the digital archives or making people jump through hoops to proove you're a subscriber, we just bundled each issue up into a handy-dandy PDF archive and we're making them available to everyone for free!
We'll add links throughout the site soon, but until then, you can access the PDF's through the super-secret PDF archive. We've got the first six months of 2007 posted today, and we'll also be adding the last few years worth of back issues, as well as all new issues as soon as they're off newsstands.
If you like reading the website as it is now, never fear. We'll continue posting our magazine content in browser-friendly formats at the Maximum PC website, as well as in the traditional "dead-tree" format. We're just adding another new way to get Maximum PC.
Hope you enjoy!
Flight STS-Maximum_All Aboard_TakeOff Imminent
Submitted by BeVar on Sat, 07/26/2008 - 6:15am
Bravo, Will and the entire Staff...
From my perspective, reader, this move to include the monthly mag online simulatiously with the Newsstand, has been going on for a little more than a year. Probably not though. I submitted my first comment here...Dear Will...My appologies...Still Dissapointed!
Submitted by BeVar on Mon, 2007-09-03 09:59
Moving this Ship in a new direction must have cost some hair loss for all involved.
I Salute you and wish you all the best... your Publisher will like the new money I am sure.
BeVar
New PDF
Submitted by JohnW on Sat, 01/12/2008 - 1:17pm
This is great. I love your Mag. After subscribing to all the others for the past 20 years yours is the only one I still subscribe to because of the fresh articles and it's a power users mag. Just upped for 2 more yrs, showing I'm not just talking.
JW
Submitted by jschnetzer on Tue, 11/27/2007 - 7:52am
PDF Archives of your magazine is the best idea yet! I don't want to throw away my old copies because I don't want to lose any information on past gear, tech tips and software tool recommendations.
My only wish for Christmas? I still have a years worth of 2005; any plans to publish 2005 PDF issues?
Jerry Schnetzer
Subscriber since 2005.
Submitted by ironious on Thu, 09/20/2007 - 6:42pm
This should be interesting. Finally being able to read the entire magazine on my PC. You only have bits and pieces of your mags online now. Didnt there used to be online archives here?
Submitted by BeVar on Mon, 09/03/2007 - 8:59am
Thank you MaximumPC and Will. The omission of the latest greatest news and articles on this web site has groused me for the longest time.
I am probably not the best businessman because I don't have Millions of Dollars. I have owned and operated a business for 18 years; think I have developed a marketing talent/strategy that can keep my customers coming back and constantly drag new customers in. All sucessful business's need to do this to grow and stay alive. This is rote for anyone that doesn't fly by the seat of their pants.
The magazine is great and I will always buy it to read. All the editors research and report on the products with passion and intelligence. I get passionate about what has been written also and want to share it with my closest tech buddies; we do this all the time. It's easy from the columnists website - copy/paste/email or instant message. I can never share anything I read in your mag this easy because the web site doesn't echo the magazine; I've always thought this was wrong and short sited.
I stated my concern in the forum yesterday hoping others would rally round and give support. Boy, was I wrong! It appears I was a rabbit in a rats den. That's too bad because I will avoid immature forums and go elsewhere. One response pointed me to "super-secret PDF archive"; I found your article, read it and dare to share with you my folly. But I still know I'm right. Obviously you and the magazine publishers know this is the way to go too.
In the future will you still hold back the current issue on the website? I hope not!
Old news is not worth repeating if it's been beaten on for a few months, yes? This is why I am still dissapointed.
Submitted by ironious on Thu, 09/20/2007 - 6:46pm
Too true. I %100 agree and have thought the exact same thing my self. For the website NOT to mirror the magazine is very very lame and niggardly.
Submitted by dtanderson on Fri, 08/24/2007 - 9:26am
Thanks alot for this. I have been hoping to be able to get digital editions of my favorite magazine :) I would not have minded having to jump through hops to prove that I am a subscriber since I am a subscriber. It is much easier to store and find digital version of magazines than the print ones.
Submitted by Shastadad on Sun, 08/19/2007 - 6:33am
If you would just now allow us to subscribe to an electronic version of Max PC (like PC Mag and PC World) I would be in heaven. Travel a lot and can't handle the "forwarding" of print issues. Please consider making an electronic delivery option available (you are already doing the work, why not make the bucks ?)
Submitted by djohng on Fri, 08/10/2007 - 9:13am
I've been a subscriber for 10 years, and have been constantly asked by the spouse to recycle my old mags; now I have them eletronically...and completely portable when I travel overseas.
I will continue to be a subscriber and you just made the decision easier!!!
Thanks....We have been waiting for this for years.........
Submitted by Iceman on Fri, 08/10/2007 - 5:05am
This is great news....we have been waiting for electronic copies for years...now I can recycle my back issues and make more room in my basement...believe it or not...I do refer to articles a few years back....thanks again and put as many back issues as you can on the web site….
New definition
Submitted by elo231 on Thu, 08/09/2007 - 5:56pm
Awesomeness (n)
1. Maximum PC
2. Maximum PC
3. Maximum PC
Submitted by Black Falcon on Thu, 08/09/2007 - 12:33pm
How far back will these issues go? I have about a thousand magazines laying around that are held together by duct tape and this would really help. Is the any chance us n00bs will get issues going all the way back to the Boot days? And will The Murph ever rebuilt Fort Murph? Inquiring minds need to know.
Social historians wonder where the ads went...
Submitted by Marcus_Soperus on Thu, 08/09/2007 - 10:34am
I love having every article, sidebar, etc., but what happened to the advertising? (I initially believed it was there, but I've read through a couple of issues now and am finding white space where the ads were).
One of the pleasures of reading back issues (especially if you've been using a computer for more than a couple of years) is comparing the ads to the editorial content.
I'd love to see you figure out some way to keep the ads in the archive.
Thank the Maker! This oil bath is going to feel soooo good!
Submitted by Zyryn on Wed, 08/08/2007 - 6:06pm
So how far back will you go in the archives? I've got all the mags since Feb 2001, and seriously need to make room on my bookshelves! I've been keeping an Excel file referencing articles of interest, but still I've had to go back to the mags to re-read them, until now! Thanks mucho for making this so much easier! Finally I'll have space on my shelves for other things, like my collections of pocket-lint and porno-DVD's!!!! (Whoops...did I type that out loud?) Seriously....Thanks for all your hard work on your supreme magazine and website.
Submitted by rhardy99 on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 6:45pm
I really appreciate the decision to make past issues available in PDF. I have an old collection of your magazines and have recently started cutting out pages and placing them in a folder to reduce the storage needed. Along with cutting out the pages comes the problem of indexing the cut outs. By going to a PDF file you have saved me hours of cutting out articles.
Thank you so much! You guys/gals rock!
Russ
Submitted by indianadelp on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 10:45am
Honey if your reading this... Don't throw my stack of MaxPC out. I still neeeed them. My thrown room time won't be the same without them.
Although.... we could set up a laptop for dedicated "office" use.
Your choice babe.
Submitted by Saiyan Monkey on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 9:53am
Oh baby, oh baby, oh baby! This rules! I only just started reading MaximumPC with the August 2007 issue (after eye-humping every page of the MaximumPC Guide to Building a Dream PC—cover to cover—I absolutely HAD to sample the luscious pleasure district known as MaximumPC magazine), so the fact that I'll be able to feed the knowledge beast within with all the great info I missed out on prior to 8/07 is this fledgling Power-User's wettest dream...next to finally being able to sleep with my wife again, but that's for another post on another day...
If it was so, it might be, and if it were so, it would be. But as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic.
--Tweedledee and Tweedledum (possibly paraphrased)
Submitted by McB on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 9:43am
I called Mr. Dave Murphy and left him a message, asking about this, and he never replied... Nice... But yeah, now I guess I have my answer so woo hoo!
Submitted by dethdeks on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 9:43am
will the cd's that came with the store bought books be avalible for download? or purchase?
Yippeee!!!
Submitted by EvilHomerGD on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 6:49am
I'm glad to see this coming... I was running out of places to store all of my back issues! Now I can put them into long-term storage and d/l the pdf versions..
Submitted by oihorse on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 7:19am
Thanks for providing this awesome service. Like so many have said, I can now make the wife happy by ditching all those old copies that take up space.
I'm glad you guys went the 'DRM'less route and are making these an easy access download.
Just re-upped for another 3-years of MaximumPC awesomeness!
Horse
Submitted by buckenator83 on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 6:13am
Now I don't have to keep 7 years of magazines at hand to look up reviews and articles. My only suggestion would be switching the month and year arouund in the file name ie. MPC0701 instead of MPC0107 so that if ordered by filename, they are already in order by date also.
Submitted by DennisGerik on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 6:06am
Maximum PC,
Now you have gone and done it... You have made one of my favorite magazines EVEN BETTER!!!
Thank you for the archives...They are a GREAT addition to my 3 year 'offline' collection.
Dennis Gerik
http://www.DennisGerik.com
Submitted by ilfipian on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 5:46am
Great!
A further help would be an annual pdf index or TOC of the year's articles.
Submitted by Primus2112 on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 5:14am
Still will always subscribe as the actual mag is fun to look at and hold! And I can take the mag anywhere... like the bathroom for instance.
The PDFs are great for reference when I want to go back and look at a how-to!
Keep up the good work and excellent no BS reviews!
Submitted by zine team279 on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 12:56am
Man.
I'm tempted to give my subscription up for the nice, clean, and most importantly: Ad-Free version of MXPC. Although tempted, I'll continue to support the magazine. Since it is a magazine, and I can't wait an entire month for an issue.
You guys truly are 'double 1337'.
(Psst. Butters; queue the shutter!)
Shelf VS HDD
Submitted by Darth Ninja on Mon, 08/06/2007 - 10:18pm
kewl! now MCP can take up space on my PC instead of my bookshelf!
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Submitted by lurker on Mon, 08/06/2007 - 9:17pm
This is really great, can't wait until you put up the older issues prior to my subscription years ago. I have to wonder though, what about overseas distributors? I think the July issue only just hit the shelves locally, don't you think you should hold off a few months on the latest issue?
Submitted by zioburosky13 on Fri, 08/17/2007 - 9:00pm
:Salute:
Submitted by PC_destroyer on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 9:50am
Expect to see a drop in the money you guys are making. But at least you wont have gaping holes in your hearts for destroying sooo many trees...
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Submitted by rfinefrock on Mon, 08/06/2007 - 6:54pm
The best PC Mag content in the business and the best customer care!
Wish I could see the faces of the other PC Mag editors when they find out about this! I'm sure it scares the "livin crap" out of them!
Thanks Guys,
Rfine
Thank you
Submitted by bytor7 on Mon, 08/06/2007 - 6:10pm
Thank you very much. I've been waiting years for this. Every time I throw out a huge stack of back issues, my heart sinks a little. They might have been old, but there was still useful information in them. Plus they all "KICK ASS". Now I can get them all back. Thanks.
Submitted by Stockislander on Mon, 08/06/2007 - 5:47pm
I've been really enjoying the website and the podcasts in addition to my DT subscription. I will always subscribe to the mag, but now I don't have to worry about the toilet falling through the floor because of years of issues stacked on the tank!
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Submitted by SpazzAttack on Mon, 08/06/2007 - 5:27pm
Wow! This is great! My hard-copy archive of Maximum PC was bursting at the seams. A lot of other publications are offering their back issues on CD ROMs--for a price. But you guys are posting yours for free on the Internet. Now I can make more space on my book shelves.
Thank you, very, very much!
SWEET!! Thanks so much!
Submitted by blackzarg on Mon, 08/06/2007 - 4:58pm
SWEET!! Thanks so much!
Submitted by nwasend on Mon, 08/06/2007 - 4:47pm
thank you, thank you, thank you!
I've been waiting along time for this. Now i could finally get rid of a closet full of magazines!
Hooray!
Submitted by Aeshir on Mon, 08/06/2007 - 4:19pm
Commence freeloading now!
You guys are awesome. No wait.......
1337
Submitted by Mr E on Mon, 08/06/2007 - 4:07pm
Now I don't have to agonize about whether to keep or recycle my old copies of the magazine. You guys always have great stuff that I want to follow up on, so now I can keep the PDFs on file instead of that archaic wood and pigment technology.
Oh yes, AND I just re-upped yesterday for two more years. Love your magazine!
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