Heads up - Custom PC free issue for relaunch.

[Diddums x]

Yeah, I remember buying PC mags quite often years ago before I had fast, reliable internet.
Custom PC was one of the ones I'd buy quite frequently

Same, together with PC Format.

 

[Pyr0m@nI@]{]

Same, together with PC Format.

Yeah I used to buy that too because they used to come with CDs or dvds with the latest nvidia drivers n demos etc.

 

[Admiral Huddy]

A whole island with magazines? Sounds amazing!

DAMN IT!!

 

[LewisRaz]

Used to buy micro mart all the time but eventually the internet became a much better place for the content and had zero cost.

 

[robfosters]

Same, together with PC Format.

PC Format was always my favourite.

 

[GGizmo]

I still buy the Web User magazine. Mainly because I haven't got time to search through websites looking for new programs that are safe to use.... and it makes good reading while sat on the throne

I remember WHSmiths as a kid, buying Commodore 64 magazines, then Amiga Format and others, then eventually PC Format. Hmm was there a magazine called PC User too?

Eventually magazines got to expensive to buy. I remember when they were £1.99.. so with my pocket money I could afford a couple of magazines per month. Then they started getting to £4.99, and now it seems £5.99.

Do they still have CD's stuck to the front or have they done away with them these days?

 

[Feek]

I used to subscribe to Personal Computer World, dunno if that's still going.

/edit - No, long gone.

 

[Bluecube]

I still subscribe to PC Pro. Back in the day, PC Zone was the best gaming mag to get and still is. The days when demos of Duke Nukem and Quake were released on the attached CDs were glorious!

EDIT: I got my free copy of Custom PC so thanks to the OP. Enjoyed reading it too as it’s improved since I last read it a year or so ago. Informative and interesting. Plus I prefer paper to screen...

 

[Grimley]

Used to buy micro mart all the time but eventually the internet became a much better place for the content and had zero cost.

I used to buy Micro Mart almost every week & the Newsagent made sure he had a copy on a Friday. I quite liked its content, but what I didn't like near its end was the price, 50% increase in a couple of years. Sad its gone though.

 

[Cromulent]

Thanks. I have subscribed to Custom PC in the past but let the subscription lapse as it wasn't as good as I had hoped. It'll be interesting to see what the relaunch is like.

 

[esoteric]

I used to buy Custom PC between 2003 and 2005 and PC Zone. I used to be a CNC Miller and would read to pass the time.

 

[Teh_Next]

Same, together with PC Format.

PCFormat forums, PCFF.
Greatest forums ever.

 

[Em3bbs]

It's time to bring back Zzap!64

 

[stockhausen]

Good tip, thanks

I must admit that I stopped paying for Custom PC a few years ago but worth another (free) review.

 

[panthro]

I subscribe to Retro Gamer and Modern Classics. I think the only print worth subscribing to these days is based on retro stuff and niche market things. The general magazine subscription and print is dying.

 

[the shadow]

 

[bledd]

A whole island with magazines? Sounds amazing!

Lol