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MacLife??

Hell, I'm STILL a MacADDICT!

::slaps tied-off arm, looking for a new vein::

Those SEs go in sooooo smooth.....

Close... the first computer I ever used was a TI-99 in 1st grade. Thank god they got some //e boxes soon.

We have a front page?!

Phydeaux wrote:

Rik wrote:

kamizuno wrote:

Our postcopunts are going to ge zeroed out?  Bwahahaha, it's like communism only without the nucular missiles

Who said anything about your post counts being zeroed out?  That sounds like a lousy idea to me -- I'll do what I can to make sure it doesn't happen.

I mentioned it off-hand. Like other moronic posts in here, it's taking the minute details of what's being said  in order to make a snarky jab rather than stepping back 10 years and having a look at the big picture.

Thanks Rik, but like fido said I was just joking about the postcounts, I'm more of a lurker than a poster so it doesn't matter to me. Actually I'm not really worried about the mag, you guys certainly aren't idiots, you wouldn't do anything that would kill the mag, so I plan on being concerned when I read MacLife and say to myself "Damn, the new mag really sucks!", till then I'm just waiting to see how it goes. Anyway,I'll be looking forward to seeing how the new mag turns out, just keep up the good work and I'm sure everythiong will be fine

roosta wrote:

i'd be happy if mac|life merged the editorial content of mac format and icreate. i could save $26 a month then.
somehow the british mac magazines are light years ahead of the homegrown product.

don't forget computer arts...(not a mac mag, per say, but soo much better than the us mags.)

I am concerned about the continued dilution of the Mac Addict Spirit.

The first few years of MacAddict were FANTASTIC. Mac Addict with Cheryl England brought a new and aggressive dynamic to computer magazines. An amazing irreverence packed punch of POW! Since her era, MA has never been the same.

I have to admit, that although I still read every MA issue, it's not with the same enthusiasm that one was. Maybe it's me....

In my eyes, the current Mac ADdict product ratings have become really horrid & untrustworthy. A rating of 3 out of 5 "Solid" really means that the product is not worth buying- it has serious flaws which are usually briefly mentioned in the review text.  More evidence of the demise of the free press and more kowtowing to advertiser dollars at the expense of honesty to the MA subscribers. I feel that the TRUTH is more important. If I'm going to read a review, it's very important that I can trust the review to have MY best interesting in mind, not next month's advertising income. This kind of pandering plus the lack of depth is why I stopped reading the MacAddict product reviews. Oh, that and buying a few "Solid" products that really sucked. So don't lie to me to protect guilty advertisers. Don't even try to mislead me. Just tell me the truth about a product. I'll find out anyway, and the only 2 things that will suffer is my wallet and your credibility.

I feel that the new name of MacLife is bland, and in complete opposition to what MacAddict stood for. In order to have something really great, you can't be concerned with trying to please everyone. You don't see The Motley Fool getting worried that their name isn't modern enough, or grownup enough.

And come on. This is not a name change. It's a Magazine change.
I can only hope that the reinvented Mac magazine will have spirit & spunk, full of wild creativity, not be afraid of the advertisers or stockholders, while being informative, entertaining, and edgy. I need a Mac magazine that will say the things that other publications are afraid to say. How to void my warranty, how to hack the Finder, how to break the rules, how to do expensive things for cheap.

If you're looking for an example of a great publication for do it yourself projects, check out MAKE magazine. They are really rocking! http://makezine.com/magazine/  Yeah, something like a mashup between the original MacAddict of yore plus Make, with a heavy dose of nofear, honesty, and that wild feeling you get riding a motorcycle home from the Mac store, racing a tornado.

Best hopes for a bright future
(but expecting a blander one)
Dave

DoctaBu wrote:

Phydeaux wrote:

DoctaBu wrote:

I think the name change is awesome. Fresh and witty.

I'm excited, you guys. I wish the best of luck to you all.

I read this post out loud in the living room. I took a poll on what range your postcount was. 5 out of 6 people said "under 10".

Charles said it was your first post, and that you just registered today.

Proof that this is all entirely for the next wave of people who have no clue what OpenDoc was, but buy computers 'cuz they're pretty.

I've been a mac user for quite some time now and I just finished interning at MacAddict over the summer... I don't really understand where you're getting this idea that I'm this "new wave" or just get computers "'cuz they're pretty."

I registered and made this post because I really love this staff and I wanted them to know I'm totally behind them, and I think that everybody should be as well. It's simple and short, just like the registration and first post of an account.

Think these things over before you say stuff like this, alright?

Don't take it personally. Old timers like him (especially the ones with big postcounts ) have a really weird idea of having fun.

*snicker*

Just FYI, the only reason I still get MacWorld is because they won't cancel my subscription. Every time my "last issue" shows up, I say Thank Goodness, but then I get another and another and another. I don't know what the deal is, but if MA is looking at MW and seeing that MW has a lot more subscribers, it could be because of these weird practices. Oh, and the only reason I started getting MW in the first place is because I got it as a "free gift" (redundant!) for buying a Mac. And I see offers for free issues of MW all over the place (like, whenever I can pick a mag as a "free gift" for buying something or joining something, MW is always on the list). MacAddict isn't nearly as aggressive at getting issues into people's hands.

What about a "legacy" section with particularly rabid Mac articles?

My friends snicker when they see me reading a magazine called "MacAddict" because they think i'm a Mac freak already, and having a magazine with that title only confirms it. So, I agree that changing the name will help bring it a broader appeal, so people don't feel weird to pick one up and read it.

I do wonder though what is going to happen to macaddict.com, and the forums, and will my MacAddict subscription automatically carry over?

I have to disagree with the name change. MacAddict has an edginess to it. There's some attitude within the name. MacLife may be bigger and thicker and meatier, but it just sounds flaccid.