PC Plus

PC Plus is a PC magazine that is published by Future publishing. This company produces a wide range of magazines like PC Format, PC Gear and Linux Format. PC Plus is aimed that PC users with quite a wide range of knowledge so it maybe isn't suitable for an absolute beginner. There isn't really a main focus of the magazine, instead it aims to cover many different apsects of computing. It has a strong editorial section which whilst lacking in humour is still an interesting read. The journalists are all extremely competent and you get the idea that they know what they're doing. The magazine includes the following sections: ...  Read the complete review

I first subscribed to PC Plus over two years ago, back in the days when it was just about the only serious UK computer magazine on the market. That was the sole reason I bought it - I've been using computers for fifteen years, and consider myself beyond the level of "PC How-To" and all the other new, newbie magazines. PC Plus offered a lot more than these. In comparison to the other trashy offerings, aimed 90% at absolute beginners, it was the only real choice. It offered great programming articles and inventive and entertaining editorial content. But, and this is the big but, it's gone way downhill since then. After two editorial changes in ...  Read the complete review

PCPlus is a computer magazine that covers news, reviews, and new developments and also has a helpdesk section. ***FRONT OF THE MAGAZINE*** PCPlus usually has 3 ?SuperDiscs? on the front. There is normally 5 ? 10 full programs on the discs, and also freeware programs. There is also trial software, open source software and also on the DVD edition are Linux programs and tweaks. The programs are always useful, but be careful not to go overboard on the installation and the uninstallation! Also included on the discs are all the helpdesk and master classes, that are in the magazine (read on to find out more). ***IN THE MAGAZINE*** REGULARS ...  Read the complete review

As an IT professional I am constantly in need of up to date information and good quality opinions. I usually get this information from magazines (for unrequested stuff) and from scouring the net for on demand information (i.e. when I need it!). To this end I subscribe to a number of publications, funnily enough most of them are from the same company (cue twilight theme song) – Future Publishing. PC Plus is one of the magazines I have quite recently allowed into this exclusive group! In a nutshell, PC Plus is really NOT ideal for beginner computer users. I really think it IS aimed at somebody like myself, someone who works in the IT sector or ...  Read the complete review

I have been reading PCP ever since I got my first PC in 1992. Back then it was very much a techies mag, delving into subjects almost unheard of today, such as assembly language programming. Looking back at the help pages now is quite amusing, one reader wrote in asking why his screen kept flickering on his laptop "oh, just write a simple program in C. That'll fix it" was the reply. Fortunately using computers has become much simpler since then, and they have become more mainstream - you don't need two degrees to do anything more than type a letter! The magazine has therefore become less technical than it once was through necessity, but over the last ...  Read the complete review