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Non-Tech : Kirk's Market Thoughts -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jerome who wrote (2385)	12/9/2014 10:20:01 AM
From: Kirk ©	Respond to of 26812

I still enjoy reading news in my daily newspaper. There is something to be said for spreading it over my glass top stove and scanning two full pages at once to see what stories I want to read. The only way I could do that was if my stove also had a Microsoft Surface built into it like on a CSI show. Because the internet provides so many great free investment websites I wonder how long the print magazines can hold on.Often the data in print is out of date by the time it hits the sales rack. I also enjoy reading the ads in my local paper. Frys just gave up sending 4 page ads with the local paper each Friday and Sunday so they lost out on consideration for the new i7 laptop, Garmin GPS and Samsung S5 we bought in the last ten days. My girlfriend did buy an older S3mini there when the sales dude convinced her it would work, but he neglected to mention to her it didn't take advantage of the 4G LTE network we are paying for.... so it went back. I also subscribe to Consumer Reports magazine AND pay for their web site. I like reading the articles on paper on the throne and I use the web site when researching new products to buy. This year it was particularly valuable as I/we replaced a lot of tech gear, but some years I consider what I pay almost a donation. I also get Entertainment Magazine to know what new shows are coming out and get reviews... but they've made many changes to make it more like a web site and I could drop it if some useful features don't return. I get Forbes and Fortune on and off... too much to read so I dropped Forbes. Entertainment and Fortune have web versions that I might read when I download them to my 7" tablet on a plane trip, but otherwise I prefer the hard copy for the same reason I like newspapers.... easier to skim to what I want without delay of a DSL speed download.