Computer Gaming World September 2004

on the Internet Archive

PC Magazine September 21, 2004

on Google Books

PC Magazine September 7, 2004

on Google Books

MacAddict September 2004

The latest revision to Mac OS X received enthusiastic promotion on the cover of this issue. (I'll admit my antique and now not much used, if still usable, PowerBook G4 still has OS X 10.4 loaded on it, mostly because it still supported the "Classic" environment for running OS 9 programs.)

Macworld September 2004

Time-saving tips provided the feature story in the issue for this month, with a second feature on the latest upgrade to Mac OS X. One news item looked back twenty years to the first third-party Macintosh developers.

Computer Gaming World August 2004

on the Internet Archive

PC Magazine August 17, 2004

The cover for the August 3, 2004 issue of PC Magazine isn't available on Google Books (its cover story involved protecting against spyware, worms, hacks, viruses and more), so I'm linking to it along with the second issue of the month.

MacAddict August 2004

Recommendations on how to deal with (computer) bugs featured once again in this issue.

Macworld August 2004

The projects in this issue stretched up to "hardware hacking" that involved dismantling an old laptop to turn it into a digital picture frame; replacing the optical drive in an older PowerBook G4 was almost as involved. A different article featured the assembly of two different $6,000 home offices.

Computer Gaming World July 2004

on the Internet Archive

PC Magazine July 2004

The top technologies to watch according to this issue included "the biomechatronic man," high-definition DVDs (split between Blu-Ray and HD-DVD), and the "Phraselator" translator.

MacAddict July 2004

The dream set-ups in this issue split up $102,902.49 among six packages ranging from "Vacation Mac" (built around a 12-inch PowerBook G4 and totaled with accessories $5,891.77) to "Muscle Mac" (which included both a Power Mac G5 and another 12-inch PowerBook G4 and totaled $44,275.33).

Macworld July 2004

Two computers, a printer, and a high-speed internet connection necessitated a home network according to this issue.

Computer Gaming World June 2004

on the Internet Archive

PC Magazine June 22, 2004

The question about DVDs at the top of the cover for this issue was addressed within with a particular eye to mass-produced, as opposed to "burned," discs, with a comment about the way laserdiscs had gone bad added.

PC Magazine June 8, 2004

on Google Books

MacAddict June 2004

More tips for an assortment of applications provided the cover feature in this issue. Another movie "made using Macs" was talked up, regardless of whether or not it would wind up a "blockbuster"...