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ON 8 DVD-ROMS, WITH A COMPANION BOOK OF HIGHLIGHTS.
A cultural monument, a journalistic gold mine, an essential research tool, an amazing time machine.
What has the New Yorker said about Prohibition, Duke Ellington, the Second World War, Bette Davis, boxing, Winston Churchill, Citizen Kane, the invention of television, the Cold War, baseball, the lunar landing, Willem de Kooning, Madonna, the internet, and 9/11?
Eighty years of The New Yorker offers a detailed, entertaining history of the life of the city, the nation, and the world since 1925.
Every article, every cartoon, every illustration, every advertisement, exactly as it appeared on the printed page, in full color. Flip through full spreads of the magazine to browse headlines, art work, ads, and cartoons, or zoom in on a single page, for closer viewing. Print any pages or covers you choose, or bookmark pages with your own notes.
Our powerful search environment allows you to home in on the pieces you want to see. Our entire history is catalogued by date, contributor, department, and subject.
4, 109 ISSUES. HALF A MILLION PAGES. YOURS TO SEARCH AND SAVOR. | | | Product Details: | | | Hardcover:
| 123 pages | | Publisher:
| Random House | | Publication Date:
| September 20, 2005 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 1400064740 | | Package Length:
| 12.13 inches | | Package Width:
| 9.21 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.18 inches | | Package Weight:
| 3.4 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 102 reviews |
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2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Pretty serious failApr 29, 2009
I've been a New Yorker fan for a while (I usually read my parents' old copies when they're done) so I thought it would be interesting to own the set for myself. I understand that the Complete New Yorker is available on an external hard drive, and this might be a good option, but I purchased the 8 DVD package, and found it to be pretty hopeless in its design and execution. For starters, the DVDs do not use a standard reader (like Adobe, say) and come with one of their own. The installation process is unwieldy and ridiculous, and the reader itself is riddled with bugs (I haven't yet been able to access any of the content). In addition to this, under the terms and conditions, the user must agree to a spyware-like program, giving permission for web browsing information to be logged, and personal information sold on to third parties. The Complete New Yorker is a good idea, for sure, but this set is pathetic.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
do yourself a favor, do NOT buy thisDec 17, 2008
I'm an avid New Yorker reader, for over 10 years. I was really excited when the DVD set came out, ordered it right away and boy wasn't I in for a rude awakening. The interface is really hard to figure out, each article takes an eon to load, and don't bother with the search function, it just doesn't work. The bug-infested, awkwardly designed original DVD set got unanimous bad reviews, just do a search.
Against my best judgement, I bought the v1.3 update disk this year hoping for a redemption. It arrived after a MONTH I ordered it, and it simply WON'T install. I'm no computer genius but I'll say I'm reasonably tech savvy, but I just simply can't get the installation to work. It'll stuck at 100% and freeze the whole system. I emailed, called the tech support, NO response. This is basically just a text viewer, i don't know why it's so damn hard to make it work.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 I LOVE THIS GIFT!Jun 20, 2008
Our son just gave me The Complete New Yorker: Eighty Years of the Nation's Greatest Magazine as an "early" birthday gift - He could NOT wait until July! It is wonderful! I will be 76 so I know all the covers and the cartoons - I also have 2 iMacs - both with 20" screens - so I can QUICKLY open up the entire magazine on one page and read it. The design is terrific - you can find anything you want in seconds - and what fun it is! I thought it might have cost as much as $400.00 - it is a great gift. Buy it for someone who loves the New Yorker - make that someone very, very happy.
3 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 Search function impossible Jan 20, 2008
I am a faithful New Yorker Magazine subscriber and jumped at the chance to have the complete archive available on CD. Here's the problem that others may be able to help me with. Am I a complete dunce or is the Search function totally impossible? The Help page does not help.
I have been trying to find an article (year I can't recall) about domestic violence which told about how worthless protection orders are, that they are only good for "where to find the body." Protection orders don't protect someone. They won't stop someone from doing violence. In my search I've tried domestic violence, protection order, law enforcement, even where to find the body.
Is there some secret or basics that I've been unable to grasp? What a great concept to have a complete archive or The New Yorker. What a BIG disappointment that you can't find anything. Water water every where, but not a drop....
10 of 12 found the following review helpful:
The presence of five-star reviews confounds me...Dec 26, 2007
A short disclaimer:
I dearly love the New Yorker.
And I rarely feel the urge to return Christmas presents, but the Complete New Yorker is a deserved exception. The software is so poorly put together that the price tag is not at all justified. The programming is the sort I might expect from software on the $5 bargain rack.
I can deal with clunky interfaces, which the Complete New Yorker has in spades (can't save articles, search is far more difficult and inaccurate than necessary, indexing is poorly done). However, this program is maybe half USEABLE. Expect frequent crashes. I am completely unable to access entire issues due to various problems. Several whole YEARS of issues are inaccessible because of the reading errors caused by the software, and that is only including those that I have noticed on one disc. Others have complained about the search feature, which honestly I might have done without for my purposes. That I am unable even to read the magazine in a lot of cases because of inept software development is a huge disappointment.
And let's not forget that the program uses spyware to collect personal information and share it with third parties.
Wow. What a terrible product. I implore you not to buy.
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