APC

For people who love technology, APC is unique: it's the world's longest-published monthly tech magazine. Launched in May 1980, we were there when Apple's Macintosh and IBM's PC were born, and have been at the forefront of tech ever since. With a combination of insights, testing and tutorials APC lets you stay up-to-date with tech as it changes the world.

FIVE HUNDRED • From 1980 to today – and beyond.

APC

Exclusive downloads • Your free full-version apps as a thanks for reading APC. These exclusive downloads will only be available for a limited time, from 01/11/21 to 19/12/21.

Inside APC • Find out all about APC’s editorial policies, test practices, how to read the benchmark results, and more.

APC AWARDS

INTEL CONFIRMS NO CRYPTO LIMITS ON NEW GPUS • Mining on its new Alchemist graphics cards gets the tick.

MICROSOFT SHUTS LINKEDIN IN CHINA • Localised version being shuttered after seven years.

TSMC warns chip shortage to last through 2022 • The chip shortage will never go away, here’s why.

Security experts aghast at the scale of Twitch hack • “This is as bad as it could possibly be”.

Google is changing the way it handles 2FA • Google backup codes now have their own dedicated page.

MICROSOFT IS SETTING ITS SIGHTS ON WEBSITE BUILDERS • Create an online presence for your business for free.

ADATA OVERCLOCKS ITS DDR5 MODULE TO 8118 MT/S • Let the DDR5 overclocking contest begin.

Windows 11 could hobble game performance • Security feature can tank PC gaming performance by up to 25 percent on some PCs.

Facebook is feeling the heat after years of scandal • The social media company needs to change, but it’s making baby steps, writes Shaun Prescott.

The death of piracy and the life of print • Joel Burgess looks back at some of the critical stories from his 89 issues contributing to the APC legacy.

500 issues of APC ! • What a journey it’s been.

PCIe Gen5 is coming • The specifications for PCI Express 5.0 are complete, and AMD and Intel will be supporting the tech, but initially only on data centre hardware.

Playdate • Panic says it made this quirky, definitely-not-a-Game-Boy device “just for fun,” and we sure had fun tearing it down.

GADGETS NICE LITTLE THINGS.

APC, THE PC, & YOU • There are 500 issues of APC today, and there will be many more to come. Join us as we take a moment to appreciate the PC, and the passion we share together for the magnificent machine.

THE PC ABIDES – & SO, TOO, DOES APC MAG • Former editor Dan Gardiner weighs in on his time at the mag and APC’s place in PC history.

THE WAY WE WERE • Issue #1 of APC in 1980 reflected the tech and publishing style of the day.

APC, & THE RISE OF THE INTERNET • Jeremy ‘Jed’ White, our editor through the 1990s when the PC came of age, reflects on the monumental changes of the time.

THE STORY OF THE PC & APC • To celebrate issue 500, Darren Yates looks back at the history of the personal computer – and of the world’s oldest continuously-published English-language computer magazine that predates it.

HISTORY OF THE APC-ERA PC TIMELINE

APC & THE TECH WORLD • As word spread of our big birthday, many of our friends across the PC spectrum sent their messages of congratulations.

APC READER STORIES • In the lead up to this milestone issue we received some lovely letters from our readers and their time with APC and their PCs. These are some of their tales.

TOGETHER WE ARE POWERFUL

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