The Complete New Yorker (2005, Package)

This was a great purchase for me. I love the New Yorker and now I'm able to read articles that I've missed.

This item arrived quickly and in the condition that was described at the time of my purchase. I would definitely do business again with this seller.

The product was excellent, new and well packaged. I did not give the highest rating because it was slightly delayed, which they admitted and apologized for.
Would buy from them again.

The price was great on this item that I have wanted since it came out. The New Yorker is my favorite magazine.

As its name implies, THE COMPLETE NEW YORKER contains everything that has been in the New Yorker- every ad, article and cartoon. At least until the publication date of the DVD Rom set. Updates may or may not be available or forthcoming, but who cares? This is the New Yorker from before you were born, most likely. And it takes up a lot less space than a stack of magazines.

As other reviewers point out, the searching is a little odd, but eminently workable. You would be surprised at the ease with which articles can be found, even cartoons by caption.

Two important drawbacks exist:
1) The user licensing agreement hints rather strongly that The New Yorker will monitor your use. This can be solved by running the disks on a computer that is not connected to the internet.
2)This product was developed and published for Windows platforms which are becoming outdated. It may or may not work in your brand-new computer. On the other hand, it might be a great way to squeeze some more usefulness out of your most recent retiree.

As the price drops on this remarkable achievement, you might consider buying two- in case the dog eats one of your disks or something...

My interest is in the 1930s and 1940s and having the DVD set of the New Yorker is like being able to go back in time. We're using it on our Vista machine; the software requirements are Windows 2000, XP (and we've had no problems on Vista) or Mac OS X 10.3 or higher. The set is searchable but the database only uses keywords for articles or stories, not the text in them. That's a minor problem.

Decadent! Ease of use is spectacular and it just boggles the mind that every single page since 1925 is right at your fingertips. Especially interesting is the very first issue. Aside from the contents themselves, you get to imagine the people who were reading the issue, of how different they were and of how similar, of their unique viewpoint simply by virtue of being products of a different era and of how different their world was. The Complete New Yorker will leave you with a sense that you're tapping into an endless goldmine. Simply decadent.

An amazing compendium of authors and articles. The CD roms are easily navigated and the accompanying book is a great bonus. Just imagine: Every page, every issue, of the greatest magazine this country has ever seen. Simply spectacular!