MacRumors magazine

[imacintel]

I think it would be a good idea to have a macrumors magazine. I mean, MacWorld has a mag, why can't MacRumors.com?


Opinions?

[Eidorian]

The rumors would come to fast for a monthly.

Still it's a very hot topic for something small and light.

[jsw]

I mean, MacWorld has a mag, why can't MacRumors.com?Macworld is a mag than now has an online presence. MR was never a magazine and isn't really suitable as a periodical.

[imacintel]

i see. But for some reason I can picture Mac Rumors magazine. I thik it would be a great hit and you could make MR better.

[mad jew]

Page three would have to include a section on changing icons every issue. That'd be neato.

In all honesty, I think this place is too dynamic to be suited to a magazine format. It gets updated too quickly. I always notice when I'm looking at other Mac magazine at the newsagent that they have relatively out-of-date write-ups and reviews, simply because it takes so much longer to publish a magazine compared with posting a thread. :o

[Cybix]

every mac magazine that i pick up at the newsagent, has the same stuff that's written write here on MR... infact, it's always here on MR first.

I feel a month or two behind when I pick up a hardcopy from somewhere.

I stopped buying mac magazines after I purchased maybe five... I'll only buy one if I'm really bored, and in an airport waiting for a flight. hehehe

you could do a cool PDF eZine of MR stuff.... fortnightly or something.

[Blue Velvet]

you could do a cool PDF eZine of MR stuff.... fortnightly or something.


The only idea with any legs although the effort involved in writing, editing and creating a professional-looking publication is substantial, and unless it actually generates income (hard to see how with identical content to the site) and drives traffic/advertising would mean it would be difficult to sustain over 1 or 2 issues, let alone an entire year.

A bulk regular emailing (akin to the Guardian's 'The Fiver') with a short précis of the top stories of the week might have a take-up but the question remains: who would do it? These things need careful editorial input and formatting and as far as I know, everyone here is a volunteer and has day-jobs to keep them busy.

[dmw007]

While I can see how this could be a cool idea, I just think that it would prove to be too impractical to actually carry out. :o :)

[ero87]

I stopped buying mac magazines after I purchased maybe five... I'll only buy one if I'm really bored, and in an airport waiting for a flight. hehehe



haha me too! only in airports.

[kretzy]

haha me too! only in airports.

Funnily enough I was at the airport earlier today seeing my brother off and we were in the news agency because he wanted a sudoku book. I saw a copy of latest MacWorld, flicked through it quickly and just though "meh, all old news". Like everyone else has said, there are just too many updates here for a magazine to be useful or practical.

[spicyapple]

I mean, MacWorld has a mag, why can't MacRumors.com?
There's the possibility MacRumors Magazine could get sued out of existence (if they decide to publish exclusive insider info; no point regurgitating what other sites publish)

Other than that, it would make for a great read on the crapper, but that's what a laptop and wireless internet is for! :)

luv ya bunches! xoxoxo

[Sun Baked]

Compiling a bunch of member articles, quotes, pictures, blogs, music, etc. into a magazine.

Then we can sell advertising like Spymac did. :eek:

[netdog]

I've stopped reading MacWorld because I already know everything printed in it from reading MacRumors.com, AppleInsider.com and MacUser.com

Nothing against MacWorld. It is a fine publication, particularly the UK edition, and I do occassionally read their reviews online, but the nature of print is such that they just can't keep up.

[Tymmz]

It would be nice to have a roundup at the end of the month in form of a nice .pdf file (with imbedded links and such).

I would/could send it to friends who are interested in Apple news/rumours, but who don't bother to check MR or other sites regularly.

[mkrishnan]

Can we run shocking exposés with headings like "You've never seen Aqua like this!" Please? :o

[MacNut]

Can we run shocking exposés with headings like "You've never seen Aqua like this!" Please? :oYou Will Never Believe Where This iPod Has Been.:eek:

[Lau]

When MacBooks Go Bad
OS Swap
Fast User Switching — Is It Morally Repugnant Or Part Of The 21st Century?

[MacNut]

Special Report: Do you Google to much.
and in sports: Safari Firefox and IE7 duke it out in the ring to see who is champion.

[mkrishnan]

This Mac swings both ways! :D
Viruses and risky browsing behavior: What you need to protect yourself!

[mad jew]

Has The Mac Pro Put On Weight? Find out on page three of this month's MacRumors Gazette.

[dextertangocci]

All the reviews would be like "OMG the MB sux, it gets too hot, the edges cut me, it is too slow, I hate the glossy screen, it moo's" etc:rolleyes: :D

[mkrishnan]

MacBook Pro! Ten secrets that will drive you wild! :)

[dmw007]

When MacBooks Go Bad
OS Swap
Fast User Switching — Is It Morally Repugnant Or Part Of The 21st Century?


All great titles Lau! :D


Perhaps we should start up a MR Magazine™.... ;)

[mad jew]

We should at least have more sensationalised news item titles!

[RedTomato]

The only function of a monthly computer magazine (for me anyway) is to have deeper articles by higher quality writers.

That's why I continue to respect Edge (in the UK) magazine - it has quality indepth articles about the gaming industry, interviews with the game creators, a high standard of writing and layout and design.

(and other magazines like the Economist.)

Same with the newspapers, yes it's all yesterday's news, and I've already seen most of it on the BBC news website, but I value the analysis and comment - a 500 word considered analysis takes the same amount of time to read as watching a 30 second stonewall blurb from a government flack on TV.

Not so much the weekend papers tho; their quality in the UK has gone down shockingly.

[Graeme A]

I always notice when I'm looking at other Mac magazine at the newsagent that they have relatively out-of-date write-ups and reviews, simply because it takes so much longer to publish a magazine compared with posting a thread. :o

We could always have something like Australian Macworld... Same articles as the US version but 3 months later. Do we have any long haired, bearded journo types to be the editor a la AMW?

MR is way too dynamic! Even printing a thread would be obsolete within 5 mins...

"Yes, this is horrible, this idea."

[arn]

MR is way too dynamic! Even printing a thread would be obsolete within 5 mins...

That's true... you need something that keeps you more up to date... not less.

Perhaps an SMS message for every new reply posted to the forums? :)

arn

[spicyapple]

Perhaps an SMS message for every new reply posted to the forums? :)

This is a first for you, arn. :) ;)

[annk]

That's true... you need something that keeps you more up to date... not less.

Perhaps an SMS message for every new reply posted to the forums? :)

arn

Heh, I can just hear it now, at work, at home, at the dinner table....peep peep peep peep peep....:p

[wmmk]

Heh, I can just hear it now, at work, at home, at the dinner table....peep peep peep peep peep....:p

that'd make me sooooo happy. now just the family...

actually, I've thought of doing an unofficial MR podcast, then trying to make it official.

[iAlan]

You've never seen Aqua like this!

You Will Never Believe Where This iPod Has Been

Special Report: Do you Google to much?

This Mac swings both ways!
Viruses and risky browsing behavior: What you need to protect yourself!

MacBook Pro! Ten secrets that will drive you wild! :)

When MacBooks Go Bad
OS Swap
Fast User Switching — Is It Morally Repugnant Or Part Of The 21st Century?

"New iPod Nano is Alien Baby"

"Newton Reincarnated as iPhone"

"Computer Smackdown - Jobs vs Gates"

"Disney Downsizing, Sells Pixar to Microsoft"

[mkrishnan]

"Disney Downsizing, Sells Pixar to Microsoft"

In related news, a Microsoft spokeswoman announced today that the next release of the famed Toy Story series would be re-branded as Toy Story 2008. As Microsoft plans for Toy Story 2008 to support the Plays For Sure 2.0 standard, users who wish to view copies of Toy Story 2008 on televisions will need to purchase Toy Story 2008: Professional Edition or Toy Story 2008: The Ultimate Edition.

:D

[dmw007]

"Computer Smackdown - Jobs vs Gates"



Jobs walks away the victor, Gates is left hopelessly mangled. :cool: :D

[mad jew]

that'd make me sooooo happy. now just the family...

actually, I've thought of doing an unofficial MR podcast, then trying to make it official.


Same. If I had a bit more time I'd offer to help you with it. A Podcast could be fun. :)

[kretzy]

Same. If I had a bit more time I'd offer to help you with it. A Podcast could be fun. :)

I was thinking the same thing the other day as well. Not really sure what the content would be or anything like that, but I think the idea certainly has potential.

[mad jew]

Lube and innuendo?

[vniow]

Lubeuenndo?

[iAlan]

Lubeuenndo?

Aren't they a Latino boy band or something?

[clayj]

Jobs walks away the victor, Gates is left hopelessly mangled. :cool: :DI think you're forgetting the part where Gates crushes Jobs by dropping his wallet on him. ;)