 | MacLife (1-year auto-renewal)
Availability: Your first issue should arrive in 6-10 weeks. Average customer review: (88 customer reviews) |
Product Description
MacILife is the ultimate hands-on guide to anything and everything Macintosh. In fact, it is the only magazine for Mac enthusiasts written by Mac enthusiasts.
- Amazon Sales Rank: #6 in Magazine Subscriptions
- Formats: Magazine Subscription, Print
Most helpful customer reviews
173 of 212 people found the following review helpful.
By Daniel L Edelen
The ranks of Macintosh magazines have always been thin. After the demise of MacUser (the best magazine) and MacWeek (the best trade), MacAddict came out of nowhere to fill some of that void.
As an alternative to MacWorld, the venerable option for Mac users, MacAddict brings some life to the party. Offering the content of MacWorld, but written like Maxim, the enthusiasm for the platform definitely comes through.
MacAddict is not unique in content. You get product reviews, how-to's, tips, interviews, and such. (Depending on your subscription, it may also include a helpful CD loaded with freeware, shareware, video clips, and other goodies - it's the CD that gives the mag its raison d'etre.) All things considered, it's your typical computer magazine. What sets it apart is its insider, wink-wink, Gen X attitude.
And that's where the strength and weakness of the magazine lies. How much you'll enjoy MacAddict depends how much you like the attitude.
Personally, I find it a bit grating and in-your-face simply for in-your-face's sake. MacWorld may be a better choice in this regard. MacAddict tends to be a bit thin page-wise, too. It's about half the length of comparable computer magazines. Part of that lies in the fact that the Mac universe isn't as loaded with as much debris as the PC's, but still, MacWorld has more content. And that content does have some bigger names writing it, too.
One area in which MacAddict does beat MacWorld is that it seems to be on a tighter publishing schedule - getting reviews of new products ahead of its stodgier cousin. But when you consider what is available in this regard on the Internet, this advantage doesn't seem so helpful.
If you are a Mac fanatic - and can afford it - get MacAddict with MacWorld. But if you are a normal user, I'd tip the scales toward MacWorld.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful.
By J. Haggard
MacLife is a good magazine. Every month it covers a lot of the hottest topics and has a decent balance between content and ads, but as a paying subscriber I would really like to see a lot more content and a lot less ads. If you want to get a feel for what the magazine is like you can visit their website at www.maclife.com and see the quality of the articles they write.
58 of 71 people found the following review helpful.
By Jason W.
I was looking for objective reviews of Mac products, specially computer software and hardware because it is limited to a few pages of most technology magazines. The writers are not objective, half of each issue is devoted to the iPhone, and the writing is only slightly better than that of my high school students. The use of profanity as well as poor analysis reveals this to be a very unprofessional magazine. I'll not be renewing my subscription.
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