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'''''PC User''''' is an [[Australia]]n general [[computer magazine]], published by [[Australian Consolidated Press]]. It was first published in [[1990]] and is issued monthly. It is Australia's best selling computer magazine, with over 350,000 readers and 60,000 copies sold each month. Glenn Rees has been the editor of PC User since December 1992, and many of Australia's best IT journalists have written for it. Some of these include Helen Bradley, Rose Vines, Darren Yates, Link Harris and Julian Schoffel, just to name a few.
'''''PC User''''' is [[Australia]]'s best-selling (as of September [[2005]]) [[computer magazine]]. The magazine is published by [[Australian Consolidated Press]].

Each month, PC User includes reviews of new and upcoming hardware and software, including desktop PC's, notebooks, motherboards, processors, graphics cards, hard disks, optical discs and drives, etc. It also includes how-to guides, tips and tricks, and answers to reader-submitted questions in topics incluing Windows XP, Windows 98/ME, Linux, Microsoft Office, hardware, ripping and burning, image, audio and video editing, web authoring and networking. There is also the main "feature" which is a comprehensive review of products in a specific area. Such topics have included security software, desktops, optical and hard drives, broadband and internet, and digital photography.

The magazine also comes with a DVD disc which includes free fully-working software, trial software, game demos and video tutorials, many of which complement articles in the magazine. The disc also allows readers to created by PC User themselves, such as Darren Yates' Ripping and Burning Toolbox 2005. There is also an online PC User Help Station, which allows readers to submit questions and view other questions submitted.


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For more than a decade PC User Magazine has been a driving force in PC news, reviews and more. Over 348 000 Australians read PC User each month.

The staff include editor Glenn Rees, Office and Photoshop expert Helen Bradley, hardware guru Darren Yates, games reviewer Julian Schoffel and is published by ACP Magazines Australia.

The magazine has extended to custom-created applications and a DVD disc, where such great programs like DVD-A Author and Darren Yates' Ripping and Burning Toolbox 2005 have made their debut, and up to 11 video tutorials per magazine issue are published.

The PC User Help Station at pcuser.com.au has answered more than 10 000 questions and is being currently upgraded.

Each magazine carries a monthly theme which can include entertainment, security, product of the year, games or some other theme which is interesting.

Revision as of 13:56, 31 August 2006

PC User is an Australian general computer magazine, published by Australian Consolidated Press. It was first published in 1990 and is issued monthly. It is Australia's best selling computer magazine, with over 350,000 readers and 60,000 copies sold each month. Glenn Rees has been the editor of PC User since December 1992, and many of Australia's best IT journalists have written for it. Some of these include Helen Bradley, Rose Vines, Darren Yates, Link Harris and Julian Schoffel, just to name a few.

Each month, PC User includes reviews of new and upcoming hardware and software, including desktop PC's, notebooks, motherboards, processors, graphics cards, hard disks, optical discs and drives, etc. It also includes how-to guides, tips and tricks, and answers to reader-submitted questions in topics incluing Windows XP, Windows 98/ME, Linux, Microsoft Office, hardware, ripping and burning, image, audio and video editing, web authoring and networking. There is also the main "feature" which is a comprehensive review of products in a specific area. Such topics have included security software, desktops, optical and hard drives, broadband and internet, and digital photography.

The magazine also comes with a DVD disc which includes free fully-working software, trial software, game demos and video tutorials, many of which complement articles in the magazine. The disc also allows readers to created by PC User themselves, such as Darren Yates' Ripping and Burning Toolbox 2005. There is also an online PC User Help Station, which allows readers to submit questions and view other questions submitted.

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