PC Pro

PC Pro

Cover of the November 2024 issue
Editor	Tim Danton[1]
Categories	Computer magazine
Frequency	Monthly
Circulation	24,232 Jan-Dec 2016
Founded	1994
First issue	November 1994
Company	Future plc[2]
Country	United Kingdom
Based in	London
Language	British English

Cover of the May 1997 issue, with previous logo and design

PC Pro is one of several computer magazines published monthly in the United Kingdom by Future plc. Its headquarters is in London.^[3] 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.^{[citation needed]} as of 2006^[update], it claimed to be the biggest-selling monthly PC magazine in the UK.^[4]

PC Pro is promoted as a magazine for "IT professionals, IT managers and power users."^{[citation needed]} 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 content.

The magazine was launched in November 1994.^[5][6] The website was launched in December 1996. On 3 June 2015 Dennis Publishing relaunched the PC Pro website as Alphr.^[7] 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 or open source.

The issue of cover discs has been superseded by downloadable software accessible via a 'bonus software code' printed on the spine of each issue.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.^[8]

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

References

1. "Contact Us". Retrieved 16 January 2017.
2. "Country Life owner buys Dennis Publishing in £300m deal". the Guardian. 16 August 2021.
3. Caroline Taggart (2010). Writer's Market 2010: Make Money Writing. F+W Media. p. 638. ISBN 978-0-7153-3529-1.
4. "PC Pro Magazine". PC Pro. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
5. Internet Archive copy of news release; date mentioned half-way down page, in About PC Pro section
6. "Magazine launches in 1993, 1994 and 1995". Magforum. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
7. "Dennis Publishing launches Alphr – a fresh take on technology". Dennis Publishing. Archived from the original on 29 June 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
8. "Country Life owner buys Dennis Publishing in £300m deal". the Guardian. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.

External links

• PC Pro Spanish Website