PC World was probably the most successful mainstream PC magazine in the U.S. PC Magazine was another but I don't think it lasted as long. By 2011 things were going downhill though as the page count was getting pretty light, especially when compared to its peak. Also, there was a lot of non-PC coverage with two out of the three features in this issue being about phones and TVs. The November 2011 issue includes:
Features
First Look at Windows 8 - A preview of Windows 8, what would turn out to be one of Microsoft's least popular Windows versions.
Top TVs of 2011 - Coming in at the top of this list is the 46-inch Samsung UN46D8000 for $1650.
Community
Techblog - A look at the changes in Windows 8.
PCW Forum - Advice on improving indoor cell phone reception, dealing with PC cable clutter, cleaning HDTV screens and more.
Mobile Broadband Drought - A look at how mobile data consumption is increasing faster than capacity.
GeekTech - Some resources for getting started with Arduino.
Staff Picks - A brief look at favorite new products of PC World staff members including the Toshiba Protege Z830, the Canon PowerShot S100, and more.
Cloud Music - An overview of ways to put your music in the cloud, including Amazon Cloud Drive, Apple iCloud, Google Music Box, and more.
Skeptical Shopper - On whether or not discontinued tech can be a good deal.
Lab Tested
NAS Enclosures - A comparison of five NAS enclosures including the Synology Diskstation DS211+, QNAP TurboNAS TS-259 Pro+, D-Link Sharecenter DNS-325-110, Patriot Javelin S4 Media Server, and Synology Diskstation DS411SLIM.
Acer Iconia Tab A100 - A 7-inch Android tablet from Acer featuring Android 3.2, a 1-GHz dual-core Nvidia Tegra 2 CPU, and 1 GB of memory for $350 (16GB version).
Top 5 Inkjet Printers - At the top of this list is the Epson B-510DN for $599.
Roku 2 XS - A $100 box for video streaming with a microSD slot for downloadable games.
The Best Rigs - A look at pre-built gaming PCs including the Micro Express MicoFlex 23B (overclocked i5-2500K, AMD Radeon HD 6870), V3 Move 3DS (heavily overclocked i3-540, nVida 460GTX), Maingear Vybe Super Stock (heavily overclocked Core i5-2500K, nVidia GeForce GTX 570), Origin Genesis (heavily overclocked Core i7-2600K, nVidia GeForce GTX 580 x 3), and Alienware Aurora (Core i7-2600, AMD Radeon HD 6950 x 2).
Top Pc Games - A list of the top 20 best PC games including Alien Swarm, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Bejeweled 3, Borderlands, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Fallout: New Vegas, Minecraft, Crysis 2, Bulletstorm, Mass Effect 2, Red Faction: Guerilla, Rift, Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty, Torchlight, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II, World of Tanks, and World of Warcraft: Cataclysm.
Here's How
Upgrade Your RAM - It was about this time that most users had upgraded to a 64-bit OS and could therefore exceed 4 GB of RAM. The common RAM type was DDR3 and this guides you in choosing the right RAM and shows you how to upgrade both laptops and desktops.
Answer Line - How to close the lid of your laptop when connected to an external monitor without it going to sleep, how to determine the file type of old files, making your laptop run quieter, and more.
