Kind of curious if anyone here subscribes to Maximum PC, i just recently got 2 magazines from Maximum PC the first one i have says Head to Head April 2007 on the cover and the second one says Windows Vista special Issue spring 2007, what i like to know is does any body ever use the free disc they give or try any of the programs they have on the disc. Here is a list of what is on both disc granted there are some of the same apps and utilities on both disc.

This is what is on the first disc from MaximumPC Head to Head magazine.

Games
Lord of the rings: Shadow of Angmar Trailer
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. trailer
FlightGear
Flow Shop: Big City Break
Mystery Case Files:
Ravenhearst
The Tresure of Montezuma
Tank-O-Box
Rainbow Mystery
Super Granny 3

APPS

Firefox 2.0
FastStone Capture
PC Wizard 2006
Spybot Search&Destroy
SwissKnife
Utilities
CPU Burn-In
SpeedFan
Windows Vista UpGrade Advisor

Extras
AVG Anti-Virus 30-day trial
AVG Anti-Malware 30-day trial
AVG Internet Security 30-day trial
BitDefender AntiVirusv10
CounterSpy
PC PitStop Exterminator trial
PC PitStopOptimizer trial
PCPitStopEraser trial

Softys

CCLEANER
Gaim2.0.0(beta 6)
Hamachi
PortableAppsSuite
Skype
ThunderBird
Torpark
WinAudit

This is what is on the 2nd disc from MaximumPC Windows Vista Special Issue magazine.

Game Demo

EuropaUniversalisIII

Apps & Utilities
BB Flashback Express-Full Version
Disk Wiper 7.0-Full Version
A-squared Anti-Malware-Full Version
FeedFusion
FireFox 2
Hamachi
Pc Wizard 2006
Spybot Search & Destroy
SpybotVista Intergration (beta)
Desktop Sidebar
SwissKnife
SyncBackSE Demo
ThunderBird
Tweak VI
Vista Transformation Pack
Microsoft Upgrade Advisor
CPU Burn-In
SpeedFan
PCMark05
WinDirStat

Extra

AVG Anti-Virus 30-day trial
AVG Anti-Malware 30-day trial
AVG Internet Security 30-day trial
BitDefender AntiVirus v10
CounterSpy
PCPitStop Exterminator trial
PC PitStop Optimizer trial
PC PitStopEraser trial
Nvidia Forceware Drivers
ATI Catalyst Drivers
Creative Audigy Vista Drivers
Creative X-Fi Vista Drivers

I subscribe to the one without the disc. Even at full price the subsription only runs $12 a year and the stuff on the disc is shareware anyway.

Quote: Originally Posted by HoJo I subscribe to the one without the disc. Even at full price the subsription only runs $12 a year and the stuff on the disc is shareware anyway.

Ok i was unsure how good the apps where, i just recently subscribe to Maximum pc an Pc World.

Yea I only get PC World and Games for Windows
You get the free gift CD with PC world every year, which has like a bunch of shareware stuff like this
For some reason they sent me 2 this year, both the same ...

I still have about 50 discs from back when I subscribed to PC Gamer. They're incredibly useful if you've got dial-up. Otherwise....not so much.

Yea, I used to get that mag also a long time ago.
Every month you would get a demo disk
was around 94 with demos like decent, doom and such

Well i tried one of the disc that came with the magazine and installed the Vista Transformation pack 6 and i will have to say it works good looks just like you have a copy of Vista running, it gives your XP the looks of Vista including the start up screen, Icons, Taskbar and all the other features that Vista has to XP.
If anyone is interested on trying it you can get the Vista Transformation pack 6 here for a free download.

Quote: Originally Posted by ranger1033 Well i tried one of the disc that came with the magazine and installed the Vista Transformation pack 6 and i will have to say it works good looks just like you have a copy of Vista running, it gives your XP the looks of Vista including the start up screen, Icons, Taskbar and all the other features that Vista has to XP. If anyone is interested on trying it you can get the Vista Transformation pack 6 here for a free download.

i have been a avid user of the transformation pack since version 2 and amazling its been called "final version" since that version =P

Keep your eyes out for version 7 =) its going to have some nice new transparency effects on the start menu =)

that pack lagged my comp like a bitch

should have just gotten vista to begin with
which im using now

and there is no imatation for it