-=> Quoting Tom Walker to Curtis Johnson <=-

 ->  RJT> about the size of phone books in those days.   
 
 ->  These days they're a *lot* thinner, but they're coming with a
 -> CD-ROM that presumably contains the ads.  I haven't bought one in the
 -> new format.  Has anyone else here?

 TW> I subscribe but haven't recieved the version containing the Cd yet.
 TW> And I just recieved the December Issue last week.
 
	I'm observing what I've seen on the newsstand, albeit a few
months ago.
 
 ->  There's booms and busts in any sub-genre of magazines over the
 -> years.  A pity that survivorship through the bust cycle isn't more
 -> directly related to quality.

 TW> Lately it seems it has ben mosltly busts. 4 or 5 of the Computer
 TW> Magazines I used to read regualrly are now GONE. In fact I am
 TW> recieving Time magazine for 7 months as the result of one of them
 TW> Very Recently disappearing.

	Which one was that?
	One would like to have at least one or two computer magazines
out there that are not part of the Ziff-Davis empire.

 TW> I mostly enjoy PC World and Computer Shopper. Computer Shopper orr
 TW> the Ads, Which are less and less as the magazine shrinks. And I find
 TW> the Comparisions in Computer World quite informantiave..

	Is Computer World a separate magazine or did you mean PC World
or Computer Shopper?

 TW> Now for some Reqal Hard Core Testing and comments one needs to check
 TW> sopme of the Web Sites. I have found Tom's Hardware(NO relation) to be
 TW> quite good and detailed on what they review.

	I haven't visited the site yet.  I have thumbed a little through
an old edition of _Tom's Hardware Guide_ in book form.



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