Digital Magazines

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• Reply 1 of 8

  steve Posts: 523member

  November 7, 2003 7:52AM

  Digital sucks. I'd rather have a flippable format. But then, I'm not running a Cinema Display and a G5 that's fast enough to burn through a magazine like a prairie fire. My PB12 has to wait to load that queer "page-turn" animation. Bugs the crap out of me.
• Reply 2 of 8

  superkarate monkeydeathcar Posts: 2,407member

  November 7, 2003 8:03AM

  i just had to make the same decision, and i opted for the flippable.
  
  it's nice to have something to read on the train, and frankly i get too much stuff to read now on the computer, i'd be worried it'd go unread just like my "world's largest mustard museum" newsletters.
  
  (what was i thinking?)
• Reply 3 of 8

  ast3r3x Posts: 5,012member

  November 7, 2003 8:57AM

  I went with digital. I like it because the little I read from macworld gets read in 10 min so it not like I would carry around the mag with me to read it all the time. Page flipping takes about 1.5-2 seconds to load for the first time, then it's decently fluid. Doesn't matter, if you don't like that, turn the page flipping off and you'll be set. I do wish they had more zoom settings, its either to small to read or gigantor.
• Reply 4 of 8

  cj3209 Posts: 158member

  November 7, 2003 10:02AM

  I've been using Zinio since it first came out with PC MAG a while ago. Maybe it's just me but my 15" LCD is just too small for me to read it without enlarging the print, which is just too cumbersome. I think you need at least a 17" screen to view it comfortably and a fast processor.
  
  
  
  I do like the ability to store issues on my computer and to 'cut and paste' into a WORD document.
  
  
  
  
• Reply 5 of 8

  gabid Posts: 477member

  November 7, 2003 2:04PM

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  Originally posted by murbot
  
  So I just got a free one year subscription to MacWorld for registering my new G5 with Apple. (to all you paranoid users who never register properly: )
  
  
  
  This is the third time I've had this freebie. This time however, they are offering me a choice of a regular subscription, or getting it in digital format.
  
  
  
  My G5 came with an app called Zinio Reader, which, while not the greatest app of all time (far from it), it's a pretty damn cool way to read a magazine. Reading it full screen on a 19" CRT at 1280x960 is very easy on the eyes, and I may just have to get the digital format.
  
  
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  I didn't think they still did the free MacWorld promo. I remember when there used to be cards that came with your Mac where you could choose between a magazine, a mouse pad and some other things when you sent it in to register. Would the reason I didn't get the offer was because I chose the "please don't send me any e-mails or promos" option? I'd guess so.
  
  
  
  Also, I wonder why this app was on your G5. It doesn't seem to be there on my 1.8 (Canadian model).
• Reply 6 of 8

  blue2kdave Posts: 652member

  November 8, 2003 12:11PM

  I just checked out Zinio again when I got the premier issue of MacDeveloper from Apple. I really dig the app, and could see using it except for one thing. Unless you zoom in, the text is jagged and unreadable. I have a 22 inch display, and can see both pages at onece, but can't read the text. It is big enough, just blurry. When I zoom in, the text is perfect. I don't get it.
• Reply 7 of 8

  bnoyhtuawb Posts: 456member

  November 8, 2003 1:52PM

  Zinio even let's you print mag pages (2 at a time) and they yield a decent quality. So even paperware people can read some of it on paper (skipping ads )
• Reply 8 of 8

  thuh freak Posts: 2,664member

  November 8, 2003 2:07PM

  thats interesting. i get Game Developer magazine in print, but I find whenever I want to look up an article or do some perusing, I go to the online site. I read the mag when i get it in the mail. But, for reference, I tend to go to the website.