The Net Magazine that looks at the Magazine-MacFormat
A bit about Review the Reviews
Review the Reviews is an internet magazine
that reviews 'BRITAIN'S BEST SELLING MACINTOSH MAGAZINE'-MacFormat,how it works and basically everything about it.
The free software bit
When I first got my Mac Performa 630 I felt it just wasn't for me.The only game in the whole system was Spectre Supreme [that game that you find yourself in a big arena hitting anything you see],and the only decent other applications were ClarisWorks and Movie Player[at least I thought so anyway]. Then I discovered MacFormat!No more Spectre Supreme for me,oh no it was straight to Shareware City and the Demos Folder.Games aren't the only feature though.If you buy the C.D. ROM you'll be making pigs fly with Clip Photos and Image Editing [as shown in MacFormat issue 28].You'll be making a jigsaw puzzle with all the free extensions and livening up your folders with the hundreds of Icons avalible From Shareware City.I say no more,but if you want more go and buy it.
The Finder[otherwise known as-The Contents
Pretty good nickname for the contents-if I may say so myself,considering it got it's name from the Apple Mac itself!!
The Finder is more or less the same as any other contents page in a book or magazine-apart from the funky name-THE FINDER.
The Finder is split up into 6 sections
1.How to....-the name speaks for itself really.
2.Win!Win!Win!-Lots of competitions.
3.Regulars-Welcome to MacFormat,Letters
Back Issues [the usual].
4.Reviews-To Buy or not to Buy-ask the experts.
5.Features-Features of the month's mag.
6.Cover Disks-What's on your floppy and C.D. ROM
Pretty well organised-well what did you expect!!!
Catalogues
Apple Performas,Powerbooks,Power Macs,Hard Disks[external and internal],Style Writers,Laser printers,Colour Scanners!!!!!!!
What will MacFormat sell next?????
Find out in the next issue-Unmissable!
Apple Talk-Letters
Personally,I like this section-especially the 'we print your letter,you get free binder' bit.I'm sure most people do.
It's also good that even the readers have a part in making the C.D. ROM Floppy Disk and the mag itself.
Mac Answers
In my opinion this is the second best part of the magazine.
People writing in with their problems,handing them in to the experts and getting a Mac answer.
This is,like the reviews [which we'll talk about in the next section]a page or pages advising people what to buy and if it's worth the money,as well as getting an answer back from the experts at MacFormat.The answers they give are also good-they describe their answers in the best possible way[in my opinion].
The Reviews Section.
As I said in the reviews section,this part of the magazine sort of advises people what to buy,if there's a catch,and if it's worth the money.In all the reviews I've seen,all of them have been quite the same.Well maybe I've been stretching the truth a bit-of course they've all had their differences,but there is one thing I have to say.Before I got my Performa,I had a console and was buying mags like Nintendo Magazine System[NMS],was reading the reviews,but since I saw sense and bought a Mac,not from the beginning,but most of the time I've been reading MacFormat and I can tell you something-there's nothing like a Mac Magazine[I'm referring mostly to MacFormat] comparing everything,[especially the reviews].
The Win!Win!Win! Bit.
Remember I said that the Mac Answers section is the best part of the magazine-I've changed my mind !!This is it.When you read it if you haven't already read it before you'll see what I mean when you do read it!!!!
Some Extras
In this package I also included some Icons that I made up myself.
I think that's just about everything I have to say about MacFormat on this Review the Review Magazine.
P.S.-Don't forget those two vital things,Buy MacFormat and
read Review the Reviews!!!!!!!!!!!