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| Publisher: Future US, Inc.
Category: Magazine
List Price: $95.88
Buy New: $14.95
You Save: $80.93 (84%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  44 reviews
Sales Rank: 94
Format: Magazine Subscription, Print
Type: Consumer magazine
Subscription Issues: 12
Subscription Length: 12 Months
Issues Per Year: 12
First Issue Lead Time: 6-10 Weeks
Release Date: November 23, 2001
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 1 to 3 months
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| Customer Reviews:
 Not the great read it once was... December 16, 2002
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Having been a charter subscriber since Issue One, paying full subscriber rates, I am now subscribing disc-less at cut rate. Can't put my finger on it, but MacAddict has lost something. Too juvenile, too silly, too much waste of my time... I'm not sure. But I'm not ready to cut the cord just yet. Sorry, Rick. In the meantime, I'm putting my hard earned cash on MacHome, a much improved magazine with great promise.
 Some helpful bits amid the sass December 12, 2002
125 out of 136 found this review helpful
The ranks of Macintosh magazines have always been thin. After the demise of MacUser (the best magazine) and MacWeek (the best trade), MacAddict came out of nowhere to fill some of that void.As an alternative to MacWorld, the venerable option for Mac users, MacAddict brings some life to the party. Offering the content of MacWorld, but written like Maxim, the enthusiasm for the platform definitely comes through. MacAddict is not unique in content. You get product reviews, how-to's, tips, interviews, and such. (Depending on your subscription, it may also include a helpful CD loaded with freeware, shareware, video clips, and other goodies - it's the CD that gives the mag its raison d'etre.) All things considered, it's your typical computer magazine. What sets it apart is its insider, wink-wink, Gen X attitude. And that's where the strength and weakness of the magazine lies. How much you'll enjoy MacAddict depends how much you like the attitude. Personally, I find it a bit grating and in-your-face simply for in-your-face's sake. MacWorld may be a better choice in this regard. MacAddict tends to be a bit thin page-wise, too. It's about half the length of comparable computer magazines. Part of that lies in the fact that the Mac universe isn't as loaded with as much debris as the PC's, but still, MacWorld has more content. And that content does have some bigger names writing it, too. One area in which MacAddict does beat MacWorld is that it seems to be on a tighter publishing schedule - getting reviews of new products ahead of its stodgier cousin. But when you consider what is available in this regard on the Internet, this advantage doesn't seem so helpful. If you are a Mac fanatic - and can afford it - get MacAddict with MacWorld. But if you are a normal user, I'd tip the scales toward MacWorld.
 Five stars for MacAddict ... October 29, 2002
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
If you are a Macintosh user you deserve to live. But if you buy this magazine without the disc you deserve to have a PC...oh no, how I could, I wrote those two letters together. Well, don't misunderstand me, this is THE MAGAZINE for mac users, but without the the disc it's just like this: Mom, may I watch the t.v.? -Oh yes, honey, you can watch it, just don't turn it on.
only half of the magazine September 20, 2002
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
What? What happens to the discs? Fifteen bucks without the disc, thirty bucks with the disc, you are offering only half of a magazine.
must-have for any mac-enthusiast! August 20, 2002
Excellent and fun to read -- something for any mac-head.
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