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Tuesday, November 15, 2005

最Hit話題之雜誌CPU

14/11/2004,是日有一本新的電腦週刊出書,本怪獸其實早已聽聞,只不過不知那間出版社和書名而已。初時都都懷著期待的心態來等待這本書,但出書之日,乍聽同行說這本書賣$5,而且內容相當「極品」,又驅使我的好奇心買一本來看看。

這本書叫CPU (Computer Pro-User),由大家熟識的數碼廣場之出版社CrossMedia所出品,主力介紹硬件及報導腦場場料,夾著兩頁軟件。據他們的編者話得知,主編連同兩位編輯完全無經驗,而且年紀相當後生。看完這本書後,相信稍為有觸角的讀者都不會再追看,至於其失敗原因,不只是一個,還有數個大問題,再加上N個小問題,相信這本書已做壞招牌了。我只是一名前記者,現職小讀者+腦場售貨員,但都嘗識把失敗原因可歸納如下:

-整本書組織鬆散,一個顯示卡測試大題居然中間夾著唔關係的砌機文章。X1800XT vs 6800GS當中,居然6800GS無測試,都唔知比乜較。

-文章也無敵鬆散,話明step by step教砌機,點會係拆開教人地砌散件,看完都唔識啦。

-Product review即使出網料,也找件新d的來吧,怎會把大半年前的burner當新product ga....該牌子已於2週前出了新model啦....反映出記者對市場無觸覺。

-出網相,都選張質素好一點的出吧,最離譜的是把深水po任人影相的地標都出張low resolution的夾硬拉大,仲有人家AXUX的主機板的配件相,人家用手托起來影,退個地有幾難呀...都未見過任何一本書係有d咁型的相出街。

-更有型的是把人家的測試結果當自己做,一看便知係網上抄下來啦,大家看看d bar chart是否很有外國網站的風格呢?

-最後,文章的質素... ...請努力改善吧,在此也不想評論。

該本書出書後,我立刻找來雜誌界的行家,大家的口徑一致地說:食住花生... 我也有同感哩,若不改善,摺書之日不遠矣。

1 Comments:

At 10:41 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

you know...$5, it's very attractive, it's the same price as newspaper....and if i am in hk, i think i would go and grab one to c (even tho i am not familiar w/ computer)...... haha~~~ but after read ur comment to this "magazine", then, it's so ng dim, i couldn't criticize about the new computer products (i.e. burner) that you mentioned in ur blog ( coz i know nth about it.....) but i think a good organization is the main element in a magazine, becuase disorganization can be misleading the reader, which is against the purpose of reading..... so it's not ok.....may be disorganization is the CPU's "style" la....
( a little bit inch tim :p)

 

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