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January 3, 2016 7:36 AM Subscribe
Google Books has ten years of Maximum PC online for your enjoyment and occasional chuckles.
Find out what streaming video was like in 2008!
Learn how to build a $1500 PC in 2007!
Relive the days of 2004 wifi networking!
Thrill to cutting-edge GeForce 4 graphics!
Decide whether to blow hundreds of dollars on a Palm or PocketPC device!
Pick out the best mp3 player... six months before the iPod!
Bow down before the almighty 1GHz processor!
Learn just what this mp3 business the kids are all talking about even is!
Get ready for the upcoming millennium!
HOLY SHIT, YOU CAN CONNECT TWO COMPUTERS TO EACH OTHER?!
Find out what streaming video was like in 2008!
Learn how to build a $1500 PC in 2007!
Relive the days of 2004 wifi networking!
Thrill to cutting-edge GeForce 4 graphics!
Decide whether to blow hundreds of dollars on a Palm or PocketPC device!
Pick out the best mp3 player... six months before the iPod!
Bow down before the almighty 1GHz processor!
Learn just what this mp3 business the kids are all talking about even is!
Get ready for the upcoming millennium!
HOLY SHIT, YOU CAN CONNECT TWO COMPUTERS TO EACH OTHER?!
Oh god. There's an ad for DVD-RAM camcorders in there. Wow.
posted by schmod at 8:04 AM on January 3, 2016
posted by schmod at 8:04 AM on January 3, 2016
There are a whole bunch of these on the Internet Archive, if you really feel you need to download 'em. Saves keeping all of those old mags as roach food around the house.
posted by scruss at 8:12 AM on January 3, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by scruss at 8:12 AM on January 3, 2016 [1 favorite]
I really need to clean out my magazine collection.
posted by ChurchHatesTucker at 8:25 AM on January 3, 2016
posted by ChurchHatesTucker at 8:25 AM on January 3, 2016
The Maximum PC website has hosted an archive for a few years now , but it seems to be a year out of date right now.
posted by Harpocrates at 8:29 AM on January 3, 2016
posted by Harpocrates at 8:29 AM on January 3, 2016
MP3s - can they land you a night in the joint?
I'm not altogether clear about whether this is a fearful prospect of some kind or an aspiration.
posted by Segundus at 8:53 AM on January 3, 2016
I'm not altogether clear about whether this is a fearful prospect of some kind or an aspiration.
posted by Segundus at 8:53 AM on January 3, 2016
It's PC gone mad!!!
posted by howfar at 9:02 AM on January 3, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by howfar at 9:02 AM on January 3, 2016 [2 favorites]
I'm convinced. Where can I get a GeForce 4 card?
The Bush Administration.
posted by Pope Guilty at 9:23 AM on January 3, 2016
The Bush Administration.
posted by Pope Guilty at 9:23 AM on January 3, 2016
My goodness, 2007's $1500 PC is almost identical to the computer I ran all the way up until the Witcher 2 forced me to switch out an 8800GT for a GTX560. I even had the Antec case!
I had an E7200, a little monster of a chip which managed 3.8ghz (up from a stock 2.5) for years without fuss.
posted by these are science wands at 9:51 AM on January 3, 2016
I had an E7200, a little monster of a chip which managed 3.8ghz (up from a stock 2.5) for years without fuss.
posted by these are science wands at 9:51 AM on January 3, 2016
Well this ad is a bit harsher in retrospect
posted by OverlappingElvis at 12:21 PM on January 3, 2016
posted by OverlappingElvis at 12:21 PM on January 3, 2016
I was just given a box of 1976-1980 Byte magazines. They are a wonder to behold in so many ways. I enjoy the tech cycle of Wow -> Boring -> Funny -> Wow. Those 1970's machines and magazine articles are fully into the up-swing wow for me.
posted by dylanjames at 1:06 PM on January 3, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by dylanjames at 1:06 PM on January 3, 2016 [3 favorites]
I have every issue of this magazine, along with every issue of its predecessor "boot", along with every floppy and cd that accompanied them. Yes, I am a trifle overweight and nearsighted, why do you ask?
posted by Chitownfats at 1:26 AM on January 4, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by Chitownfats at 1:26 AM on January 4, 2016 [1 favorite]
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