Actually, as a subscriber for about 3 years, I've found PCWorld to be pretty critical of a number of products in their articles and reviews -- this makes it look balanced to me. Would I drop my subscription? No -- it's a great source of tips and tricks (and locating free/low-cost apps and plug-ins) for any moderately-savvy Windows PC user. I'm constantly dog-earing or highlighting pages and suggestions.
In my opinion, PCWorld gives great value for the money. I don't usually discard an issue until it's over 12 months old -- just keep going back and pulling out other great tips.
Try this yourself -- see if you scan/bypass many of the new-product reviews (as I tend to do) and zero in on the potential clean-ups, fixes and improvements and new downloads you see profiled in these pages.
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Actually, as a subscriber for about 3 years, I've found PCWorld to be pretty critical of a number of products in their articles and reviews -- this makes it look balanced to me. Would I drop my subscription? No -- it's a great source of tips and tricks (and locating free/low-cost apps and plug-ins) for any moderately-savvy Windows PC user. I'm constantly dog-earing or highlighting pages and suggestions. In my opinion, PCWorld gives great value for the money. I don't usually discard an issue until it's over 12 months old -- just keep going back and pulling out other great tips. Try this yourself -- see if you scan/bypass many of the new-product reviews (as I tend to do) and zero in on the potential clean-ups, fixes and improvements and new downloads you see profiled in these pages.