Ziff-Davis is closing down the print version of PC Magazine. The online version will go on, however.

Back when I started paying real attention to PCs (early 90's), PC Mag was the place (or one of the main places) to go for info and reviews on the latest hardware and software. Today, I have a hard time putting money down for any print computing magazine, since I know (a) I'm not likely to read it all anyway, and (b) I can get all the content online. (The exception to this recently was CPU Magazine, but I haven't found it on the shelves since returning to Montreal.) I guess I wasn't the only one with this problem.

Having said that, it is still very hard to find reliable review information online. Most search results for hardware or software are really storefronts or thin reviews. Authoritative, reliable sources are hard to find. Shopping for a new laptop recently was a lot harder then I expected. Even the companies themselves do a poor job of selling their wares.

Apple is probably the best of the bunch. Given that their storefront can be observed and studied by anyone, I don't understand why other companies have been unable to duplicate or surpass that experience. Their loss.