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Computer Shopper |
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22/09/00 (144 review reads) |
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Advantages: Great value and lots of useful buying advice
Disadvantages: Huge magazine!
If you are looking either for a new computer, add-on or software for your current pride-and-joy, then Computer Shopper is the only magazine you will need.
At £2.75 per copy, cover CD, free software, including free demos of the latest games and other software as well as full versions of selected products.
Alternatively, you could subscribe for £10.99 per 6 months (£16.50) a saving of (£5.51) equivalent to £1.83 a copy representing a saving of 33% or 92p per issue or two free issues every six months.
Lots of adverts – over 400 pages usually
But lots of REAL magazine too – around 200 pages
Regular features include:
* Competition (win great h/w and s/w prizes)
* Buying Advice (including expert hints and tips for buying either direct or from the high street as well as feedback from readers and their buying experiences. Also, there is a direct buying order form for you use to order your PC directly from a retailer while letting them know that Computer Shopper has likely advised the shopper and is interested in seeking out good and bad retailers.)
* Breaking news on hardware / software / industry news
* In depth reviews of new hardware and software products
* Shopper Labs – detailed head-to-head reviews of similar h/w and s/w products
* Rants and Raves – a reader opinion column with the thumbs up/down on new h/w and S/w
* Letters section for you to pose your computer-related problems to resident expert Nigel Knowitall
* Internet Shopper Booklet –
website: www.internetshoppermag.co.uk
- Guide to good stuff on the web in a handy A5 format so you can keep it handy by your PC while you’re surfing.
* Cover CD
Osmosis MP3 songs from new/unsigned musicians
Free software (with instructions on how to get the best from it)
Playable demos of the latest games
Their website
: www.computershopper.co.uk allows you to subscribe to the magazine using their secure server and save 33% off the cover price and the first three issues are supplied on a trial basis which you will be refunded for if you don not continue your subscription plus you will get 2 full versions of Calisto 2.0 worth £50 and WinDelete 97 worth £29.99 absolutely free which is yours to keep even if you decide not to continue and are refunded for the three issues.
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