Several months ago, Maximum PC ran a story in the January 2015 issue that was called "Maximum PC, Minimum Effort: The lazy guy's alternative guide to being a tech guru" It was supposed to be a cheeky article about PC maintenance with the occasional satirical twist, but sadly, it didn't work. What we ended up with was an article chock-full of terrible advice that left readers angry and confused. For that, I personally apologize.
Here's a snippet from the article that's gotten readers on Reddit so riled up:
I have no qualms about saying that the article fell short of the mark in many ways. Not to make excuses, but it was written over half a year ago, and no one on our current roster would even think to pen something so filled with heresy today. Such advice as "always go with whatever Amazon suggests" might be great advice if you're lazy, or the writer might have been trying to make a joke, but for a PC enthusiast seeking a new GPU, that advice is about as ridiculous and useful as having an an extra toe on your elbow.
Let me make it absolutely clear: we build, tweak, tune, diagnose, benchmark, test, research, and tune everything here. Everyone on staff carries the same strands of DNA that are chemically and biologically bonded since birth: We are hardcore PC and hardware enthusiasts through and through. There are times when there is disagreement among our staff about what kind of features or ideas we should chase after, but it's all with good intent. And yes, like those of you who were turned off by this particular article, the current cast feels the same way, too.
In my first editor's note, which came out in February 2015, I touched on Maximum PC's past. For longtime readers of the magazine, you might recall that we were previously named boot Magazine. I mentioned in that article of boot's ability to excite and educate in a way that no other publication ever did. I also mentioned that we're working to bring back that energy.
To the Maximum PC community and to the PC community on the PCMasterRace subreddit, I formally apologize for that article and acknowledge how cringey it came across. Rest assured, it won't happen again.
/ Tuan
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