How many photos/documents do you print?

Friday, November 4th, 2011

We need your help for a forthcoming PC Pro Labs report.

To help us calculate the true running costs of the 16 inkjet printers we’ll have on test in issue 208, we need you to tell us how often you print photos and documents. Please note: we’re asking specifically for your printer output on home inkjet printers, not lasers nor office machines.

The survey will genuinely take ten seconds to answer, using the embedded form below. Your help is much appreciated.

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Big disks: what are they good for?

Friday, August 5th, 2011

No one enjoys receiving angry emails. But in this case it’s probably my own fault.

For the latest issue of PC Pro (with subscribers  now, on sale Thursday) I carried out a Labs group test of 15 USB 3 hard drives in a range of capacities going right up to 3TB. And in my column I questioned whether the typical customer has any legitimate need for this much space. (more…)

Get free advice from PC Pro’s Business Clinic

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

Does your business need some expert help with its IT? PC Pro’s newly launched Business Clinic is on hand to offer free IT advice to Britain’s small businesses.

Our team of Real World Computing experts — with decades of computing experience between them — could pay a visit to your company, providing first-hand advice on anything from your server set-up, to your internet security, to managing your remote workers. What’s more, your business could feature in the new-look PC Pro.

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The new PC Pro Reviews and Labs pages

Tuesday, July 12th, 2011

When the new issue of PC Pro hits the shelves this Thursday, readers will notice quite a bit has changed – not least the Reviews and Labs sections. They’re among the most popular parts of the magazine, so we’ve been sure to retain what makes them so readable and comprehensive. But we hope a few simple changes will improve them immeasurably.

Here’s an actual page from the new Reviews section:

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How we shot the cover of the new-look PC Pro

Thursday, July 7th, 2011

If you’re a PC Pro subscriber, you may already have received the latest issue of your magazine – the first issue to sport our new design and logo.

On the front, you’ll notice a pyramid of laptops, which illustrates this month’s comprehensive Labs of 20 Intel Core laptops.  That image isn’t a piece of cobbled together Photoshop trickery. Our brilliant photographer, Danny Bird, not only came up with the concept of arranging the laptops in a pyramid, but carefully constructed the tower himself.

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If Micro Mart is building a shed at LITS, what should PC Pro build?

Friday, June 3rd, 2011

As anyone who listened to this week’s podcast will know by now, PC Pro’s sister title Micro Mart is building a shed at LITS.

For those shamefully unaware, LITS (London International Technology Show) is being organised by Dennis Publishing from  21 to 23 October. While much of the floor will be filled with exhibitors, and dedicated to particular subjects such as gaming, photography and tablets, all the Dennis titles have a chance to create their own area.

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Get help from PC Pro’s Business Clinic

Wednesday, April 20th, 2011

Not sure whether to upgrade your business PCs to Windows 7? Worried that your company’s IT security isn’t up to scratch? Having problems with your web host or ISP? You could benefit from expert advice from PC Pro’s new Business Clinic.

Our Real World experts, including Jon Honeyball and Steve Cassidy, are ready to pay a free visit to your business to help you identify and solve your IT dilemmas. What’s more, you and your business could feature in the new-look PC Pro magazine, which will be on the shelves this summer.

Jon, Steve and our other Real World experts are also standing by to answer your business IT queries via email, the pick of which will be published in the magazine every month.

So if you fancy a visit from PC Pro’s Business Clinic team, or simply want to put a question to our experts, drop us an email to businessclinic@pcpro.co.uk.

(Please note: we can only answer business IT queries through the pages of the magazine, or in person if your business is chosen for a visit from our experts. We cannot guarantee a reply to all questions. PC Pro will decide on the suitability of a case for publication and may offer companies anonymity at its discretion).

Delays to PC Pro on Zinio

Thursday, March 10th, 2011

The new issue of PC Pro is on sale today, and many readers are already wondering what’s happened to the Zinio edition for iPad/iPhone devices.

Unfortunately, Zinio suffered a major outage in one of its data centres this week, which has resulted in delays to the delivery of new magazines, including PC Pro.  You can find more information on the Zinio help page.

We apologise for the delay.

Barry Collins – Editor

The all-new PC Pro Real World Benchmarks

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

It’s our mission to bring you the most accurate and informative reviews on the market. That’s why we’ve updated our benchmarks to reflect the way real people use computers today.

Our new tests don’t rely on synthetic measures: we use real, current applications such as Microsoft Office 2010 and Photoshop CS5, as well as a completely new set of responsiveness tests, to get an all-round picture of a PC’s performance.

That means the benchmark scores you’ll see from this day on are not directly comparable with older scores, but they give the best ever insight into exactly what each system can do for you.

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All change at PC Pro

Thursday, February 24th, 2011

Over the next few months you’re going to see some big changes on PC Pro.

2011 benchmarks

In issue 200 of the magazine (on sale mid-April), we’re going to be unveiling our 2011 benchmarks suite. Written in-house using real-world applications such as Office 2010 and Photoshop CS5, the PC Pro benchmarks will deliver the most accurate measurement of PC performance to date, testing overall system responsiveness as well as typical desktop tasks and demanding multi-core workloads.

That will be graphically illustrated in issue 200’s CPU megatest, in which we’ll be testing every mainstream desktop CPU from both Intel and AMD to see which really offers the best performance for your money. We’ll explain more about how our new benchmarks work in the coming weeks.

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