Via Ged, PCMag is closing down its print edition:
The magazine, which was started in 1982, has a storied history, but its print base eroded over the years as its core brand of journalism--news you can use while shopping for computers--moved online. It cut back from bi-weekly to monthly earlier this year. PCMag, which literally invented the idea of comparative hardware and software reviews, at one time during the '80s averaged about 400 pages an issue, with some issues breaking the 500- and even the 600-page marks.I used to be an avid consumer of electronic and computing magazines - in the early 1990s. I only ever buy magazines when I am waiting at the airport and when it is inconvenient for me to use my laptop; such as no wireless, forced to wait in a standing position, or my laptop batteries are nigh on dead. Even then, I tend to buy The Economist only. These days there are a million and one hardware websites which compare graphic cards, etc against each other. PCMag is now fighting in that space only.
