APC (formerly known as Australian Personal Computer) is a computer magazine in Australia. It is published monthly and comes with a cover-mounted DVD of software. The magazine is published by ACP Magazines Limited, which is one of the companies in the PBL Media group.

According to the current editor, Tony Sarno, APC remains the personal computing magazine of choice for IT professionals and "power-users" (APC, June 2004, P10). The tagline on the front of the magazine is "high performance personal computing" which APC uses as its point of distinction from other computing titles published in Australia, such as PC User which targets beginner-medium users, and Atomic which targets gamers/modders.

APC was first published in May 1980 by Sean Howard and is the longest running computer-magazine in Australia.

The magazine also has a website, which publishes daily technology news (separate to what's in the printed magazine, with very few exceptions).

Staff

APC's staff journalists are:

• Melanie Farr (Deputy Editor)
• Peter Dockrill (Web Editor)
• Conrad Bem (Notebook Hunter Editor)
• Nick Race (Reviews Editor)
• Troy Coleman (Art Director and Journalist)

Editors of APC:

• Tony Sarno (2004 current)
• David Flynn (2001 2004)
• Nathan Taylor (2000)
• Helen Dancer (1999 2000)
• Steven Fear (1998 1999)
• Jeremy White (1994 1998)
• Maryanne Phillips (1992 1994)
• Cathy Kennedy (1989 1992)
• Jeremy Horey (1985 1989)
• Sean Howard (1980 1985)

Cover disc

APC has a cover-mounted DVD each month containing a variety of software, which typically includes sample code, programs demonstrated in the magazine's Workshop pages, instructional videos, trial versions of new software and game releases and three to four full-working versions of programs that are no longer current editions.

APC first included a cover CD on its September 1996 issue. On its December 2004 issue, APC switched to DVD instead of CD and was the first IT publication in Australia to do so.

It is currently edited and produced by Peter Dockrill, who has worked on it since April 2008.

References

External links

• APCMag.com Website
• OnJoomla - site by APC to accompany tutorial