PC Magazine - Overview

Overview

PC Magazine provides reviews and previews of the latest hardware and software for the information technology professional. Articles are written by leading experts including John C. Dvorak, whose regular column and Inside Track feature are among the magazine's most popular attractions. Other regular departments include columns by long-time editor-in-chief Michael J. Miller (Forward Thinking), Bill Machrone, and Jim Louderback, as well as:

• First Looks (a collection of reviews of newly released products)
• Pipeline (a collection of short articles and snippets on computer-industry developments),
• Solutions (which includes various how-to articles)
• User-to-User (a section in which the magazine's experts answer user-submitted questions)
• After Hours (a section about various computer entertainment products; the designation "After Hours" is a legacy of the magazine's traditional orientation towards business computing)
• Abort, Retry, Fail? (a beginning-of-the-magazine humor page which for a few years was known as Backspace — and was subsequently the last page).