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Product:	Practical Internet
Date:	20/02/01 (54 review reads)
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Advantages: A very good read. Full of good articles & information. Good cover CD accompanied by a separate book to teach you about the main program. ISP guide. Suitable for all.

Disadvantages: None

Here’s another great Internet teacher that’s suitable for all PC/Mac users who use the Internet. There’s loads of excellent content crammed into each monthly issue and a cover CD that’s got some useful programs on it. Throw in a separate book each month that teaches you about the main free full program on the CD and for a measly £3.99 you have money well spent!

Like most magazines, PC or Internet related, Practical Internet is split into sections and the sections are then split into very in-depth sub-sections. I read the magazine from the front cover to the back cover …minus the adverts of course! There’s just so much useful information in the mag that it’s hard to put down once you start reading it. Fair enough, there’s always some information or articles that are no use to you but the vast majority is. Here’s a quickish rundown of some of the sections of Practical Internet:

ON THE CD: this is where you get to find out about all the goodies that are on the CD of course. Normally there’s at least one full free program on the disc, but there’s 3 or four sometimes, but it just depends on what sort of fee the programs’ owners are looking for them. Of late, most of the free full programs have been web page editors and the likes, which lets you experiment with your site a bit more. You’ll also find the latest versions of the popular browsers and the latest plug-ins that you need to use the Net for a more comfortable browse. Check out the utilities too as there’s some crackers in there most of the time!

THE GUIDE: this is Practical Internet’s excellent guide to the UK’s ISPs (Internet Service Providers). There’s a great league table of all the ISPs, their packages and prices. This allows you to easily compare ISPs and choose the one that should be right for you. I like this one because every month they publish the results from their
testers who basically test various ISPs for a month and produce their own report which gives you first hand information. This is a really handy feature in my eyes!

The Guide also includes a Buyers’ Guide to Net hardware, which basically comes down to another ‘Toys for the Boys’ (and GIRLS!…no sexism here thankyou!). There’s some really wild products reviewed here, which can stretch your imagination (and your wallet!) with their prices and features. It’s always nice to dream though!

NET WORKSHOP: this is broken into five separate sections that cater all Internet users. The sub categories are:

BEGINNER TUTORIAL: which of course caters for the beginner to the Net who wants to learn about Internet programs and build their first website. This is always easy to understand and written in Plain English…no tech jargon here!

INTERMEDIATE TUTORIAL: which is aimed at the middle section of us, who want to learn more about programs and website building. Again, it’s easy to understand and written in lovely Plain English. A bit more tech jargon here though, but explanations to match!

ADVANCED TUTORIAL: which is aimed at the experts out there. This one can and does manage to teach an old dog new tricks, but watch for tech waffle!

HOME IMPROVEMENT: which is aimed at all of us who’d like to improve our sites and knowledge of Internet programs. Who doesn’t need or want to learn more to enjoy the Net even more!?

ADVICE SECTION: which is devoted to general questions about the Internet and software. There’s some very interesting questions here sometimes, plus the usual crawling letters, which make you laugh at ‘How low they can go’! The other part is devoted to questions about how to improve your website. Now this is where you can get some good tips for improving your site. Eitherway both sections are good for a read and a laugh. <
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REGULARS: which is mainly everyone’s’ favourite bit. It has the Letters section…always good for a laugh! Some of the stories in the letters section will have you rolling about the floor with the mistakes that people make! Then again, we were all new to computers and the Internet at some stage or other!
You will also find the monthly competition in this section. The competitions always have a lovely prize, which anyone would want!

Other than the main sections that I have described, you will find other great bits and bobs that will give you a good read. These include the News section (correct at the time of going to print, but out of date now!), reviews of games, software, hardware and not forgetting the website reviews.

So, in all there’s a lot of interesting stuff in Practical Internet Magazine each month, which makes it an essential read for a lot of people. There’s normally an average of about 140 pages in each issue which all go to make this a good value for money magazine!

Check out a copy on the newsagents’ stand before you buy a copy, just incase you don’t like it!

Thanks for reading my opinion!

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