Maximum PC

US magazine Maximum PCCover of the March 2025 issueEditor-in-ChiefGuy CockerCategoriesComputingFrequencyMonthlyTotal circulation192,611 (2011)First issueAugust 1996 (as boot) September 1998 (as Maximum PC)Final issueApril 2025CompanyFuture USCountryUSABased inSan FranciscoLanguageEnglishWebsitewww.maximumpc.com[dead link]ISSN1522-4279 Maximum PC, formerly known as boot, was an American magazine and website published by Future US. It focused on cutting-edge PC hardware, with an emphasis on product reviews, step-by-step tutorials, and in-depth technical briefs. Component coverage areas included CPUs, motherboards, core-logic chipsets, memory, videocards, mechanical hard drives, solid-state drives, optical drives, cases, component cooling, and anything else to do with recent tech news. Additional hardware coverage was directed at smartphones, tablet computers, cameras and other consumer electronic devices that interface with consumer PCs. Software coverage focused on games, anti-virus suites, content-editing programs, and other consumer-level applications. Prior to September 1998, the magazine was called boot. boot and sister magazine MacAddict (now Mac|Life) launched in September 199