PC Advisor magazine
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PC Advisor is a monthly computer magazine, released in the United Kingdom, and website published by IDG. It offers advice on various aspects of PCs, related items such as: digital pornography, the Internet, Security, smartphones, etc, and other personal-technology products and services.
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[edit] What it is
The magazine's slogan is "Expert Advice You Can Trust".
It is the UK edition of IDG's PC World.
Each month PC Advisor runs tests on various areas of the IT world from new pre-built desktop computers and laptops, LCD displays, graphic cards, motherboards, PDAs, wireless network routers, printers and many more. The magazine also includes many reviews from products across the IT board including phones and accessories, cameras, and software from a wide range of vendors.
Each issue of the magazine features a cover disc - either a DVD or a CD. The discs contain full-version commercial software products, as well as commercial software demos.
PC Advisor's website hosts one of Europe's largest on-line communities. As of August 2007 it had 230,462 registered users, who had contributed 254,872 threads, made up of 1,551,956 posts.
[edit] History
The print publication first appeared on UK news-stands in October 1995. The website was launched in 1996.
As of 2007, PC Advisor print magazine has an audited rate base of 65,160 readers (ABC audit: Jan-Dec 06) and a claimed 195,480 readers.
