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To those of you who have been clutching your various gadgets to your chests and bemoaning the lack of a digital version of your favorite publication - Maximum PC, of course: wait no longer, the day has come!
That's right, today we unveil our brand spankin' new digital version. Finally, you can have Maximum PC available where ever you are, where ever you go, for as long as your batteries will last! Now, granted, we've had a Nook version available for a little while now, but today's massive iOS 5.0 update (which includes Newsstand, a new application that allows users to subscribe to and download digital publications) helped us to increase our digital presence. All of Future's other publications, such as PC Gamer and Xbox mag, are also available and we're working on a Kindle version for an expected November release. That's just in time for the Kindle Fire.
Go, download it now (we'll wait) and then tell us how you like it in the comments!
Our November issue is currently available in the Apple Newsstand!
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GavinFarrington...
October 17, 2011 at 4:10pm
Looking forward to the Amazon release. I avoid iTunes whenever possible.
MardeeT
October 16, 2011 at 3:51pm
Please answer the questions out there about current subscribers to print edition. Can this be free or discounted for us, and can we transfer print to digital? Love the idea, but I prefer print. I like digital when I have that option, or when I am traveling and don't want to pack magazines. I don't want to pay for both though. Do like Wired and offer up for us loyal subscribers!!
Thanks
lhatten
October 13, 2011 at 8:05pm
OK folks, what is with the spam filter. Are the certain words that can't be used, like pathxxic or defendxxing ? Please to remove the xx and you can see the words that triggered the filter. What gives, can't use common words in the english language??
Pathxxetec!!
essjay22
October 13, 2011 at 7:54pm
I used to subscribe to PCmag online and found that for all the time i spend in front of this 23' screen I just could not take the time to read a magazine on it, even with all the great links that took me right to the product etc. I prefer to be able to take my magazine and read it on the couch or wherever . It looks like hell on my NC if I can get it to load. I have not renewed my sub for PCM and I am pretty sure I wont for MPC for the same reason. Well MPC puts just about everything in the mag here on the www so why bother subscribing ?
get it on itunes? not bloody likely.
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lhatten
October 13, 2011 at 7:53pm
Those of you that are OK with this roll-out do not seem to understand that this magazine, and website are called Maximum PC (the PC is Wintel PC not the generic PC). Therefore, the coverage is mostly Wintel PCs not Macs, Linux, or other computers. More importantly, the readership expects this coverage.
Now as Mortal_M was trying to say, this is a slap in the face for the readers of Maximum PC. What do you think the reaction would be if they had released Mac|Life on the android and Windows Tablet (when there is one) and not on iOS? You think these comments are harsh!
So Future PLC, you may lose some subscribers due to this blunder. It would behoove you to listen to your editors (you did tell them that this was a mistake ... right?) and make sure you released it on a platform that matches the platform of your readers. It's not like there isn't one.
Oh, and rcoden, you are a looser. You think that because you have and iPod you are cool? Really??
raycornwall
October 13, 2011 at 8:43pm
"Those of you that are OK with this roll-out do not seem to understand that this magazine, and website are called Maximum PC (the PC is Wintel PC not the generic PC)."
Actually, having read every issue for about 2 years or so, I do understand that the magazine's coverage is pretty much all about Wintel machines. Some of us have multiple machines; My wife and I have an iPad, a Kindle, a Nook, an Android phone, and 3 Wintel machines in the house.
There is not an application for Windows right now that has the critical mass for magazine buying and reading that the iPad has with Newsstand (and the single magazine apps that preceded Newsstand). If there was, I'm sure that would have been the first distribution channel for Maximum PC. But a paying audience for magazines on a Wintel machine has just never developed like it has on the iPad. Right now, if you don't have your magazine on the iPad, you're losing a big potential audience.
By the way, the article mentions that they have had the magazine on the Nook platform for a while now. And you can use the Nook for PC application to read it on your PC. Just go here:
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Maximum-PC%2FFuture/e/2940000983942?itm=1&usri=maximum%2Bpc
In fact, if you go to that link, you'll notice that you can try the digital version on Nook for PC for free for 14 days- you don't even have to pay for it upfront! It's free!
So they didn't neglect the PC platform at all; they just put focus on an additional sales channel that happens to be the most popular platform for buying digital magazines right now.
jraktal
October 13, 2011 at 12:53pm
IOS Install base ~250 Millions users
Higer profile delivery systems - Apple App Store
This is something that the Marketing wogs love, the writers have no say in these matters, just the money men.
Whine and wimper all you want, if they can get people on IOS to subscribe on a monthly basis, it fattens up their coffers.
nuf' said
raycornwall
October 13, 2011 at 9:32am
I have both an iPad and a desktop PC, so I'm fine with this. I'd love to see my print sub cover my digital sub ala Wired and Vanity Fair, and the app does say this is coming eventually. Until then, then $1/month subscription is pretty nifty. I'll be happy to throw an extra buck for the great coverage I get.
polecat99
October 13, 2011 at 9:30am
Dear Max PC,
Please edit/update this article and include instructions to tell us how to get the Maximum PC Digital Edition on a PC or Android device.
Per other posters suggestions, I tried installing the Nook app on my android device, and I am still not able to find the Maximum PC Digital Edition in the Nook shop.
If this is truely available on the PC and Android, then please tell us how to get it.
Thanks
raycornwall
October 13, 2011 at 8:45pm
Go here:
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Maximum-PC%2FFuture/e/2940000983942?itm=1&usri=maximum%2Bpc
You can subscribe from there at $1.25 a month; you can even try it for free for 14 days!
JusTalkin
October 13, 2011 at 10:06am
Well, let's see. You go to barnesandnoble.com then then of all things, you search for MaximumPC in the search box.
You then must either hit the Enter key on your keyboard, or click the search button. Lo and behold, it shows up at the top of the pile. You then click on the magazine's picture. It then shows you that you can subscribe for $1.25 per month.
I would post the link directly, but that might set off some kind of filter and this wouldn't get posted.
polecat99
October 13, 2011 at 11:52am
Strange, If you go to www.barnesandnoble.com and search for it, it comes right up, but if you search for it via the Nook app on android, it does not show up at all.
I guess this is a bug of the android app?
Thanks for the help.
I still think it would have been easier on me (and apparently a few other people as well) if this information had been included in the original article.
Keith E. Whisman
October 13, 2011 at 6:43pm
when I searched for maximumpc in the android nook app on my acer iconia tab a500 tablet it pops right up, you have to be in the shop area of the app or you'll just be searching in your library. maximumtech also pops up but both mags are more than a dollar, they are like a $1.67 a month, still a good price but if you search hard enough you can get a standard paper edition subscription for less than ten bucks a year.
Jongalt26
October 13, 2011 at 9:23am
Thanks MaxPC!
for the neysayers, it should be available on Steam as well.
Jongalt26
October 13, 2011 at 9:23am
Thanks MaxPC!
for the neysayers, it should be available on Steam as well.
screwface
October 13, 2011 at 7:35pm
/agree and put it on Amazon I'm not giving apple any more money.
Or just email me a link every month so i can download the PDF.
And for the recored what to you guys at the magazine so long?
Antherz
October 13, 2011 at 7:54am
It's about money, always is always will be, all your opinions don't really matter in the end. =) on a side note though if everyone boycott's maxpc i'm sure they will listen =)
bigphil76
October 13, 2011 at 7:53am
I hate to call people stupid so I will say that several of the individuals below are idiots. lol. You can get a nook app for PC and ANDROID. Then you can subscribe to the digital version of maxpc. Do your research next time before making yourself look stupid. There I said it. HA.
Shalbatana
October 13, 2011 at 7:35am
I applaud your advancement of the publication but in one way would have to agree with some of the others. It would be more useful to me if I could get a version for my pc based system. Granted we are already being afforded the free pdf's, but by the time that comes out I've already read the print mag cover to cover.
Perhaps in the future, subscribers could tack on a few ducats to their subscription and download an electronic version at the same time.
Something to consider perhaps.
Neel Chauhan
October 13, 2011 at 7:05am
I hope you don't stop the print edition because there are a lot of people who subscribe to you and don't have an iPad like me.
Mortal_M
October 13, 2011 at 10:44pm
I hope they don't stop it because there is something about watching something in print that makes it more apealing than watching it on a screen, like pictures, they look gorgeous on your pc, but once you print them out they come to life.
And yeah, the print quality of a magazine migth not be that great but I preffer to read from a magazine than from a screen, there is something about reading a magazine that no other device can beat (and I'm not an old guy who doesn't want to adapt to the new times)
ceator3571
October 13, 2011 at 6:33am
Can I transfer my subscription to iPad or get it for free if I pay for the print version? For Wired because I pay for the print version I get the iPad version for free and I like reading mags on the iPad a lot.
PS Yes I love PC's but I like reading my mags on an iPad.
JusTalkin
October 13, 2011 at 6:23am
Get the Nook app for ANDROID or PC and stop whining. You people are so closed minded that it's funny. I've been using my nook app on my Android phone for ages and it's great for lots of magazines.
Also, this isn't your brother marrying your ex, it's a great magazine on iOS. If you'd get your heads out of the sand and check it out instead of falling for the fanboy/hateboy ignorance, you would realize iOS is a great platform.
bigphil76
October 13, 2011 at 7:59am
Just saw your post after I posted mine. Not sure how these people even read the magazine if they can't even figure out its already on their platform of choice. lol.
RET_ARMY
October 13, 2011 at 5:25am
Maybe you could release MaximumI or MaximumApple mag for them. After all, the title is MaximumPC. Should PC readers get a shot first or even android. I've been a fan since this MAG started, and I don't recall seeing how to build a MAC in any vol. I could be wrong, might have missed that issue being deployed some where. You guys fell on your forth point of contact...That means A_ _ for non paratroopers.
Bunta
October 13, 2011 at 5:19am
wow, MAXIMUM PC avialble on a IOS device first, lost all respect, sorry i dont buy into apple toys and hype, all they are is over priced garbage that the public feel in love with because of hype marketing.
dont worry i wont be renewing my subscription, never thought id have to have a apple product to read articles about a PC first, wow,
I usally try to be postive and a good person, but you guys are patheic morons
Device Unknown
October 13, 2011 at 4:48am
umm I have to agree with these guys. I love you guys at Maximum"PC" so to release it on iOS before Android seems like an incredible shot in the foot.
Could you guys detail what $8 per would give us to want to do this? Any special offers? bonuses? frikin Tshirt?
rcoden
October 13, 2011 at 4:26am
Blah, blah, blah kiddies. Get with the times. Money dictates what owns the market and the iPad is currently the king of mobile distribution. If you don't like it, go and rally and get all your friends, co-workers, etc. to buy something else. Once the number of those devices increases to where there is real market value, your Publishing companies will grant your wish. I have been a Maximum PC reader for six or more years and YES I have an iPad. Why, because unlike you, I know what is cool and I'm won't limit myself because some of you view something as cool or not. Guess what, it's already been decided, it's cool. Whining and bitching is not.
big_montana
October 13, 2011 at 4:56am
If the iPAd is the king as you put it, why is there an Amazon app? Also, I do not make my purchasing decisions based on what the cool toy of th eime is, but what best meets my needs, and an iPad does not cut it, as it blows chunks in the enterprise. SInce you are tossing around how long you have been a MaxPC reader, I can one up you, since I have been a subscriber and reader since Boot number 1, back in 1996. And it has not been decided, as this is a marathon, not a sprint (ask Palm), and when WIndows tablets hit the market, you will see their sales numbers rack up big gains, especially in the enterprise. So cut out the condescending attitude.
Holly Golightly
October 13, 2011 at 9:29am
People who fall for what advertisers label as "cool" are the actually the ones who end up being the fool. I remember a time drinking and smoking was "cool" and now look... They ended up the fool paying big hospital bills. Not that the iPad will land you to a hospital, but it seems to make people dumb on the internet. They worship their electronics like they are Gods. If that is cool... Then consider me uncool. That boy is going to feel the sting when Windows 8 tablets are released.
screwface
October 13, 2011 at 8:21pm
rcoden Keeping up with the Joneses are we? And did we get the new Ipone 4s because everyone else has it and its so cool.
oh and that iphone 4 is so last year...
don2041
October 13, 2011 at 12:50am
This has been coming for a while now. I just hope that the add department can realize that those adds that pop up and make you wait or click to get rid of them, are so annoying and frustrating they make me want to leave this site. These adds are like picking up a billboard and smashing me in the face with it. Not a nice experience.
Mortal_M
October 13, 2011 at 10:01am
So are you saying that reading this website for Free* is anoying?
Not everybody can aford to make good quality content and give it away for free with no way of making profit. If you know of a website like that let me know... oh wait, there are none, they all went bankrupt.
Vegan
October 13, 2011 at 12:30am
The real news here is that you can now buy Edge Magazine without having to pay the ridiculous import price.
M3g4d37h
October 12, 2011 at 11:01pm
I use both platforms -- I never understood all this hate towards ios anything, it's just as idealogical and dumb as the apple-everything crowd.
Clearly what they did is choose the largest platform (or at least a very high profile one) to establish a presence, and they'll move into other platforms. I'm sure it'll be available in short time, and Ballmer will give you all woodies with his dancing until he's bathed in sweat from head to toe.
Carry on.
Mortal_M
October 13, 2011 at 9:57am
What we are trying to say is... Why would you sell a Harley Davidson magazine at a sportsbike store?
Not a lot of buyer there for that magazine, it would make more sence to sell it at a Harley dealer :)
big_montana
October 13, 2011 at 5:00am
Becasue it is a closed system, Apple tells you what apps you can download to your device, and can pull the trigger at any time and kill an app you have downloaded just because, it blows chunks in the enterprise, even though Apple has marketed as an enterprise device (just try running citrix on it, or editing MS Office document sor PDF files, not going to happen without jumping through a whole lot of hoops). I have no problem with MaxPC releasing their digital edition for iOS, just hope they are working on an android and Windows version as well.
Vegan
October 12, 2011 at 9:02pm
A single issue is $8, and a one-month subscription is $1. I'm not clear on what the difference is.
CaptainFabulous
October 12, 2011 at 8:53pm
Yeah, I have to toss another "WTF were you thinking" on this. Seriously, Nook and iCrap devices? That's the best you could do?
chucknorrisforpres
October 12, 2011 at 8:28pm
It sounds like the decision came from Future down to MaxPC. Future only cares about profits, not the actual content of the magazines; if they're going to make some of their magazines available on iOS they might as well make all of them that way. Who knows maybe some Mac cult member will read an issue and realize he could build his own computer instead of paying Apple through the nose for one :)
lhatten
October 12, 2011 at 8:10pm
So you guys did not see this coming? Much like Netflix did not see the added price and then the split gone wrong? Man, I have said it before, & will say it again, any corporation with a board room needs a "Sniff Tester Department" Run this crap by them and then when they throw it back listen!
Keith E. Whisman
October 12, 2011 at 7:38pm
Can you throw in something a little more than what you can get with a digital version for us paper magazing subscribers like a folding back page message like what you get with each and every issue of Mad Magazine since like forever please.
You know that each and every issue is going to be on Pirate Bay and Demonoid the same day it's released right?
aarcane
October 12, 2011 at 6:22pm
So I don't have the newsstand client. I have an unspecified ePub reader. Where can I download the epub version of it? Also, thanks for making maxpc available to all the apple users :)
wcj786
October 12, 2011 at 6:19pm
Now, you just have to work on the app that will allow it to be read on the HP TouchPad/webOS devices.
