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I was a Byte subscriber. The ads were part of the content as they gave me a feel of the market. From big companies to the little guys in the back pages, you cou
by speed_spread 3y ago
I was a Byte subscriber. The ads were part of the content as they gave me a feel of the market. From big companies to the little guys in the back pages, you could see what people were selling and how it related to the magazine's own content.
- bsenftner 3y agoByte's articles were rarely critical, they couldn't be or they'd risk advertisers business.
- teh_klev 3y agoI didn't mind that much. For example when IBM introduced their Micro Channel Architecture, the "reviews" of machines such as the PS/2 Model 80 were pretty much matter of fact, explaining the technical details and with some decent photos. And this was still useful in pre-WWW times and even beyond.
- speed_spread 3y agoThat's alright. Byte's articles aimed more at connecting the state of the art, both academic and commercial, to actual problems being solved. You didn't read Byte for first-hand review of products but for insights on the computing world as a whole.