{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox magazine| title = PC Life | image_file = Pclife-1.png | image_size = 200px | | editor = Mike Sullivan | frequency = Semi-annually | circulation = | category = Disk magazine| company = Microstar Graphics, Ltd. | firstdate = July/August 1986 | finaldate = 1988 | country = United States | language = English | website = https://www.pclife.com.tr | issn = | based = Syracuse, New York | finalnumber = | }}
'''''PC Life''''' was a disk magazine for the IBM PC published starting in 1986 in Syracuse, New York by publisher and editor Mike Sullivan. In contrast to the mostly text-based disk magazines in existence at the time, ''PC Life'' was more graphical and multimedia in style, with various animation and interaction, although the extent of the graphical style was limited by the technology of the time which required that the publication fit on a floppy disk and be compatible with CGA graphics.
''PC Life'' received positive reviews from some critics who found this style attractive, including ''PC World'', which complimented its "spiffy graphics, bright writing, and packaging that's a blend of ''GQ'' and ''Vogue''."<ref>''PC World'', August 1986</ref> It was also positively reviewed in PC Magazine (Nov. 24, 1987, "PC-Life: A Vision of the Future,"),<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KU7dCBpP7fsC|title=PC Mag|date=1987-11-24|publisher=Ziff Davis, Inc.|language=en}}</ref> with a couple of screenshots. However, others criticized its relative lack of "meaty" content such as complete, usable programs, such as was usually found on other disk magazines. It lasted through 1989, publishing four volumes of up to 5 issues per year.
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