I don't subscribe, but I pick up a computing mag every once in a while. You can get everything you want online nowadays, but I hope magazines stick around for a while.

nope I stopped many years ago. Last magazine I subscribed to was "Byte"

CPU! RULES!!!!!

Fast Company.

Yes, it's call a URL.

Pcmag, .... it's awesome

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pcgamer

I wanted to but at this point with the 9 or 10 tech sites I check daily I figure I'm not missing much.

Dont care either way, but this picture is by far the best so far.

i subscribe to maximum pc. i used to occasionally buy it, but when i found out i could subscribe for the same price i would pay for something like 3 issues, i just went ahead and subscribed.

About 10yrs ago when computers were getting very popular.

A laptop on my lap while taking a dump just doesn't seem right.

I still subscribe to a number of magazines. 12 in total. Not all tech of course, but I still enjoy having the hard copy of what I read in my hand, plus skimming through old things from time to time helps me to remember tips and tricks from the past which I may have forgotten.

Maximum PC
Wired
Popular Science
Motor Trend
Etc...
Until I get an e-book reader like the Kindle to read when I don't have an Internet connection they are the next best thing.

The American computer magazines are now truly awful, years ago they were the best in the world back in the time of Byte etc. I don’t know why they have become so bad perhaps it is the growth of the Internet or they have forgotten about the enthusiast and are going for the professional market. On the other hand the UK magazines are still quite good catering for the computer enthusiast.

Maximum PC once upon a time.

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Internet, Mags a waste of paper.

I subscribe to CPU. A lot of the info in there is fairly old by tech standards but it's gives me something to flip through while on the can.

No subscriptions unless Better Homes & Gardens is classified as Tech. Love those Holiday recipes & pics! All else, now off the web: fresh, 30 websites faved, can print only what I really need in front of me on the bench.

I have subscribed to Maximum PC for years.

Thing about magazines is that the information they cover (as pointed out in the article) is released online anyway. Even if its "exclusive" news, it eventually makes its way to the web via fair use laws and such.

So for tech: of course I do. bwah?- the response of my cubicle mate. The thing is, online sites tend to carry whats popular, and by that I mean, what everyone else is reporting. But tech magazines have to work harder than that to get their viewers. Think Popular Science, Popular Mechanics and the like. Every time I open one of those I see something Toms, CNET, Engadget and the like haven't even mentioned yet. A few days later it might be all over the blogosphere then the net though.

I don't subscribe to PC mags because I haven't yet found one that is actively searching for the next big thing. They are just reporting information thats already outdated by the next publication. Popular Science and Popular Mechanics however are always trying to find the stuff that hasn't gotten hyped yet. Even websites dedicated to such things don't quite get it like those two do.

If a PC Mag wants me to subscribe, it needs to be able to find things that websites aren't. And because a PC is such a known quantity and everyone knows the players, it will be hard for PC Websites to do that. Popular Science and Popular Mechanics though don't have that limitation: one issue can be about car tech, the next PC tech, the next camping tech, and on and on and mix it inbetween.

Even Toms doesn't do it like they do.

Not computer tech magazines. I get what I need online. Besides with the exception of the professional magazines and some of the programming magazines most of these publications go out of date VERY quickly (in some cases before they are delivered) so they have no archival value (except maybe as a barometer of an aspect of POP culture). Better for the environment if I don't subscribe.

Now my wood working magazines - that is different, because I don't have to worry about the next version of Windows invalidating all my knowledge of dovetail joints, dados or forcing me to use Microsoft Wood!

I don't have magazines anymore, but back in the hay-day, I used to have

Computer Gaming World
PC Gamer
PC Accelerator (Which was AWESOME)
Nintendo Power

Nope..not even via RSS. I check Toms and a few other tech sites and that's how I get my news. If I need to know about something else, there is always Google.

Most of my tech news comes from online and 99% of the time I won't buy a tech item until I check out the reviews on newegg/amazon, etc. However, I still find it more "relaxing" to read the paper copy vs surfing the web:-)
- I subscribe to a few free professional magazines like InfoWorld and Computerworld.
- I also subscribe to the Wall Street Journal which I find has great tech coverage/original reporting.
- had PC World for a few years but cancelled last year. Just as easy to print off an article I'd like to read and the magazine has no value to keep/archive.
- I get "Game Informer" for $15/year through GameStop but its not really worth it. Better to just go to gamespot.com or ign.com for game reviews.
- I'm in the U.S. and would like to subscribe to a couple of the UK magazines. Maximum PC as others noted and also a couple other U.K. Web Developer and Graphics Designer magazines but they are pricey here ($15 issue).
- I pick up a Computer Shopper once in a while if a story catches my eye. The last issue I got a couple months ago was when they had a review of Netbooks when I was looking for one. It turned out that their review was dated. They reviewed the Acer Aspire One with a smaller Solid State HD and 8.9" screen and did not really like it. The next day I found the Acer in Radio Shack with a 160 GB HD and 10.1" screen and a keyboard that I can handle. Anyone, that experience made me disappointed with the "printed" review.

theres just tOOOOO much ads... i think half of most mags paper are wasted into ADVERTISEMENT.... with internet i use ADBLOCK... haha.. so long ads!

and i do think by not using paper based magazine we save the eco by just not cutting down trees but those paper factory will also utilize less energy... see what i mean... so all in all internet magazine is better solution the green way...

Last computer mag I subscribed to was Byte (how many years ago was that now), but I do get the EE Times via PDF.