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Maximum PC

Maximum PC, formerly known as boot, was an American magazine and website published by Future US. It focused on cutting-edge PC hardware, with an emphasis on product reviews, step-by-step tutorials, and in-depth technical briefs. Component coverage areas included CPUs, motherboards, core-logic chipsets, memory, videocards, mechanical hard drives, solid-state drives, optical drives, cases, component cooling, and anything else to do with recent tech news. Additional hardware coverage was directed at smartphones, tablet computers, cameras and other consumer electronic devices that interface with consumer PCs. Software coverage focused on games, anti-virus suites, content-editing programs, and other consumer-level applications. Prior to September 1998, the magazine was called boot. boot and sister magazine MacAddict (now Mac | Life) launched in September 1996, when Future US shut down CD-ROM Today. In March 2016, Future US announced that the Maximum PC website would be merged with PCGamer.com, appearing as the hardware section of the website from that point forward. The magazine was not affected by this change. Browsing to the http://MaximumPC.com/forum site no longer forwards to the forums and instead forwards to the Hardware section of PCGamer.com. The final shipped print issue of Maximum PC was the April 2023 edition.…

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Maximum PC, formerly known as boot, was an American magazine and website published by Future US. It focused on cutting-edge PC hardware, with an emphasis on product reviews, step-by-step tutorials, and in-depth technical briefs. Component coverage areas included CPUs, motherboards, core-logic chipsets, memory, videocards, mechanical hard drives, solid-state drives, optical drives, cases, component cooling, and anything else to do with recent tech news. Additional hardware coverage was directed at smartphones, tablet computers, cameras and other consumer electronic devices that interface with consumer PCs. Software coverage focused on games, anti-virus suites, content-editing programs, and other consumer-level applications. Prior to September 1998, the magazine was called boot. boot and sister magazine MacAddict (now Mac | Life) launched in September 1996, when Future US shut down CD-ROM Today. In March 2016, Future US announced that the Maximum PC website would be merged with PCGamer.com, appearing as the hardware section of the website from that point forward. The magazine was not affected by this change. Browsing to the http://MaximumPC.com/forum site no longer forwards to the forums and instead forwards to the Hardware section of PCGamer.com. The final shipped print issue of Maximum PC was the April 2023 edition.…

Key claims

  1. publication date: 2014 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. publication date: 1998 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the publication date is "2014". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the publication date is "1998". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340458137

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.