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TEKLIST is not for the sophisticated computer industry professional. But if you are a just-past-the-neophyte-stage computer user who wants to learn more about computers and the Internet in small, weekly doses, it's wonderful.
Here's a sample of the kind of information found in TekList:
Dot Pitch- Dot pitch is the space between pixels on the monitor. So, for instance, a .28 dot pitch means dots are 28/100ths of a millimeter apart. The lower the number the better. .28 is the standard, it is considered acceptable. Anything over .28 is poor and is a sign that the monitor is probably not very good. Anything below .28 is considered very good, again the lower the number the better.
The issue in which this appeared (# 28) could have been subtitled "a buyer's guide to monitors."
Other issues have covered motherboard chipsets, PC upgrading (and how to decide whether it's worthwhile), user-level printer troubleshooting, discussions about the relative merits of Microsoft Outlook, Eudora Lite, ICQ, AOL Instant Messenger (and other e-mail and insta-talk software), hard drive maintenance, and so on. And on.
A TekList subscriber who, today, knows little about computers beyond the minimum necessary to dial into an ISP could, within six months, learn enough to function with nary a call to tech support.
(A fast cruise through the archive is highly recommended, too. And if YOU know plenty about personal computers, but want to help a friend learn, you could do worse than printing out all the back issues of TekList, giving them to your friend, and signing him or her for future issues.)
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