Best-ever software reviews

March 2, 2013 5:03 AM

What are the best software reviews you've ever read?

Interested in reviews of software for all platforms, including mobile, but not interested in reviews of games. If you'd rather point me to a publication or writer rather than to individual reviews, that'd be completely welcome. Thanks!

posted by John Raskolnikov Gilson to writing & language (5 answers total)

John Siracusa's reviews on Ars are widely regarded as event journalism.
posted by seanmpuckett at 5:21 AM on March 2 [1 favorite]

James Fallows wrote raves for OS/2 and Lotus Agenda in his Atlantic column. He really made me want them.
posted by thelonius at 5:59 AM on March 2

You might look through SF author and tech writer Jerry Pournnelle's old columns (example). A bit curmudgeonly but accurate and honest.
posted by sammyo at 6:03 AM on March 2

It is possible, incidentally, to run Lotus Agenda on current systems. This page provides some information.
posted by megatherium at 8:14 AM on March 2

Best-ever review of software manual.

an oldie-but-goodie
posted by j_curiouser at 3:32 PM on March 2