''PC Pro'' is one of several
computer magazine
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s published monthly in the
United Kingdom
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by
Future plc
Future plc is a British publishing company. It was started in 1985 by Chris Anderson (entrepreneur), Chris Anderson. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
History
1985–2012
The company was ...
. Its headquarters is in
London
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. ''PC Pro'' also licenses individual articles (or even the whole magazine) for republication in various countries around the world - and some articles are translated into local languages. , it claimed to be the biggest-selling monthly PC magazine in the UK.
''PC Pro'' is promoted as a magazine for "IT professionals, IT managers and
power users." It is a fairly 'rounded' magazine as it contains information on many different aspects of IT (such as cheap hardware, extreme hardware, software, business, home, retailers) rather than just one of these areas like many UK PC magazines. While it is primarily Windows-focused, it does contain some open source and
Apple
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content.
The magazine was launched in November 1994. The website was launched in December 1996. On 3 June 2015
Dennis Publishing relaunched the PC Pro website as Alphr. The magazine continued to operate under the PC Pro brand, with the two publications occasionally sharing content but otherwise serving different audiences with bespoke content.
Each issue used to come with a cover disc – either a CD in the £4.49 version or a DVD in the £5.99 edition. The CD contained complete commercial software products (usually older versions) and commercial software trials. The DVD contained these and also a selection of applications which featured in every issue. These regular applications are usually
freeware
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or
open source
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.
The issue of cover discs has been superseded by downloadable software accessible via a 'bonus software code' printed on the spine of each issue.
The ''PC Pro'' team also publish a weekly podcast available on the Magazine website and on the
iTunes Store.
In February 2001 they reissued, with new artwork, a free copy of the controversial "Area 51: The Alien Interview"
DVD.
Future acquired Dennis Publishing and its computing division including ''PC Pro'' in 2021.
Current contributors
* Tim Danton
* Barry Collins
* David Court
*
Darien Graham-Smith
* Jonathan Bray
* Mike Jennings
* Jane McCallion
* Sasha Muller
* Nicole Kobie
* Stewart Mitchell
* Jon Honeyball
*
Davey Winder
* Lee Grant
* Steve Cassidy
* David Crookes
* Rois Ni Thuama
See also
*
List of computer magazines
This is a list of magazines marketed primarily for computer and technology enthusiasts or users. The majority of these magazines cover general computer topics or several non-specific subject areas, however a few are also specialized to a certain a ...
References
External links
''PC Pro'' Spanish Website''PC Pro'' Vietnam Website
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