At some point in time we have all subscribed so that we could feel we were getting the cutting edge information before everyone else. With the advent of the internet it didn't make much sense to subscribe if you could go to the magazine's web page and get the information for free.   

I currently have two subscriptions, both from the same publisher Future Publications. They are Maximum PC and Microsoft Windows XP The Official Magazine. Apparently they really are the only office magazine authorized by Microsoft. They recently started a Vista magazine. By the way Stardock and Wincustomize have both been in articles in these publications.   

As I all ready stated it didn't make sense to subscribe to the magazines if they didn't offer more and they do. A CD with Maximum PC and a choice of CD or DVD with Windows XP. Maximum PC is reasonable priced, Windows XP comes to somewhere between $.50 to $.75 U.S. a day. If you do the math it's not cheap.   

The CD's and DVD's usually have a variety of software on them from trial amd demo versions to full free versions with discounts to upgrade. The free stuff always gets me hooked. That's why I have too many clean up and maintence programs on my computer. Must stop downloading free software.   

So, do you subscribe? Which publications and why (we all know why)?