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Premiere Issue of Macworld Magazine Autographed by Steve Jobs Headed to Auction
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One of my friends has one Steve signed at the opening of the SF Mac store (and it was in pristine condition... this one looks a bit worn). Steve just signed it and didn't address it to my friend's name. I don't think it's for sale, though, so we won't know if it's worth more or less that way.
How many pages is the issue? No, seriously.
I read Macworld for over seven years, and I kept all my back issues to reference occasionally. I started about when the second generation Power Macs were coming out. Apple was still selling 680x0 machines alongside PPC hardware. You could really see the decline of the magazine over time just scanning over the spines -- or lack therof that it had near when I stopped. The magazine got thinner, the advertising page count increased, and the articles themselves got dumbed down. We went from interesting in-depth comparisons of different Mac models hardware, with things like bus speed actually being a discussion point, ease of access for upgrades and repairs by the user (something unheard of at Apple today), to "Top tips for using your iPod" (featuring a bunch of things you could easily learn reading the iTunes Help). It was quite infuriating.
I read Macworld for over seven years, and I kept all my back issues to reference occasionally. I started about when the second generation Power Macs were coming out. Apple was still selling 680x0 machines alongside PPC hardware. You could really see the decline of the magazine over time just scanning over the spines -- or lack therof that it had near when I stopped. The magazine got thinner, the advertising page count increased, and the articles themselves got dumbed down. We went from interesting in-depth comparisons of different Mac models hardware, with things like bus speed actually being a discussion point, ease of access for upgrades and repairs by the user (something unheard of at Apple today), to "Top tips for using your iPod" (featuring a bunch of things you could easily learn reading the iTunes Help). It was quite infuriating.
Thanks... yeah, that was my hunch, but I was just guessing/assuming.
Yes, that is the way of the traditional media model... or worse, like actual corruption the content that is there to please the advertisers (like much of the MSM today). It is a failed model, but lots of places still don't recognize that. So, they just keep increasing the advertising and driving their audience away.