Are you fed up with Windows Vista? Create the OS of your dreams as we show you how to patch it into submission, preview Service Pack 1, fix the most annoying problems, and even add its best features to your existing copy of Windows XP. All that, plus features, reviews, interviews, and hands-on projects ranging from web coding, to making your own Star Trek phaser out of an old toy, and a couple of bits from a Blu-ray player.

The latest issue of PC Plus is on sale now and if you’re passionate about technology it is the magazine to buy. Our main feature investigates the many benefits of leaving your computer on and linked up to the Internet 24/7.

Free with PC Plus, on sale 18th December 2007, is the UK’s first Robots magazine dedicated to hobbyists. Join the home-build robots revolution with six hands-on tutorials, news on events and new products as well as a special feature focus on creating humanoids.

And in your packed main mag, we gain exclusive access to Intel’s R&D labs and reveal breakthrough technologies from shape-shifting carbon nanotubes to the terascale computing project. With the first full tests of AMD’s Phenom and all the hottest tech for 2008 reviewed, we’ve got all your computing needs covered.

As a few lucky parts of the country get to enjoy snow, and shops prepare their Christmas music tapes for the annual Yuletide torture, settle back with the PC Plus Christmas issue. All the best kit, more great features, and not one gratuitous ho-ho-ho to get between you and the joys of the season. Out now.

This month we discover how science is working hard to break the limits of IT. Could hardware's days be numbered? What are the real threats of cyberterrorism? All this and more in the latest issue of PC Plus.

This month we take an early look at some of the technologies which will be leading you into the next digital age, with our complete rundown of the cutting edge of PC technology. We break down the advancements in quiet cooling, 45nm chip production, new sockets and more. See what else our crystal ball has to offer this month...

It's the s-s-speed issue this month, as we open up the latest performance technologies in a bid to give you the fastest systems ever imagined, and the shortest possible path to the future. Look for the special Speed Tech logo throughout the issue. And that's just the start...

Everyone likes to kick back at the end of a busy day, and in issue 259, we show you the best ways to get the most out of the entertainment revolution. Get the ultimate hi-def screens, best sound quality, and the advanced special effects that DirectX 10 brings. Transform your PC and embrace the future of entertainment. And that's just the start...

Boost your system speed to new levels with the best bolt-on kit in Issue 258; available now at all good newsagents. We demonstrate the best ways to improve your system performance without forking out for a whole new system, from simple overclocking, to adding new cores. And that's just the start...

Power up your PC with issue 257 of PC Plus, available now at newsagents around the country.