Topic: The 100 Best Products of 2005 from PCWorld Magazine (Read 1884 times)

Nemesis · « **on:** October 02, 2005, 02:36:35 pm »

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#1 Mozilla Firefox Web Browser
#2 Google Gmail Web Mail
#3 Apple Mac OS X Version 10.4 (Tiger) Operating System
#4 Belkin Wireless Pre-N Router and Notebook Network Card Wireless Networking
#5 Dell Ultrasharp 2405FPW 24-Inch Wide-Screen LCD
#6 Alienware Aurora 5500 Performance PC
#7 Seagate USB 2.0 Pocket Drive Portable Hard Drive
#8 Skype VoIP Service
#9 Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT Digital SLR Camera
#10 PalmOne Treo 650 PDA Phone
#11 Zone Labs ZoneAlarm Antivirus Antivirus and Firewall Software
#12 Mysoft Technology Maxthon Browser Plug-In
#13 Rio Carbon Midcapacity MP3 Player
#14 Webroot Window Washer 5.5 Utility
#15 Maxtor H01R300 Shared Storage Drive Network Hard Drive
#16 Google Search Engine
#17 Netgear 54 Mbps Cable/DSL Wireless Travel Router Model WGR101 Travel Router
#18 OnlyMyEmail Pro Spam Filter
#19 Sony PlayStation Portable Handheld Gaming Device
#20 NVidia GeForce 6600 GT Graphics Board

I tend not to particularly trust PCWorld as when I used to read them they were clearly biased towards their biggest advertisers but the list is interesting anyhow.

Mr_Tricorder · « **Reply #1 on:** October 02, 2005, 03:19:33 pm »

I found it interesting that the ONLY Microsoft product that made the list is Windows Media Player 10, which came in at #47. Incidentally, Windows Media Player is the only Microsoft product that I actually like to use.

E_Look · « **Reply #2 on:** October 02, 2005, 03:23:46 pm »

Aw, that's disappointing. I gave up PC Magazine a long time ago because of that.

I thought PC World was better.

What do you think of Maximum PC?

Nemesis · « **Reply #3 on:** October 02, 2005, 03:29:35 pm »

Quote from: E_Look NCC-9091 on October 02, 2005, 03:23:46 pm

Aw, that's disappointing. I gave up PC Magazine a long time ago because of that.

I thought PC World was better.

What do you think of Maximum PC?

I gave up PC Magazine and its Ziff-Davis brethren for the same reason. Somewhere around here I think that I still have a copy of PC Magzine issue #2.

Maximum PC still seems to be quite independent and willing to speak their mind with less concern for advertisers. CPU magazine I like as well. Neither is up to the standards of PC Magazine or BYTE! back in their heyday but both are pretty good and better than PC Magazine has been in a very long time.

E_Look · « **Reply #4 on:** October 02, 2005, 03:58:55 pm »

*sob* *sniff*... alas! BYTE magazine... <bows head for a second>

Nemesis · « **Reply #5 on:** October 02, 2005, 04:14:47 pm »

Quote from: E_Look NCC-9091 on October 02, 2005, 03:58:55 pm

*sob* *sniff*... alas! BYTE magazine... <bows head for a second>

BYTE!

E_Look · « **Reply #6 on:** October 02, 2005, 06:23:58 pm »

Sorry!

Nemesis · « **Reply #7 on:** October 02, 2005, 07:11:47 pm »

Quote from: E_Look NCC-9091 on October 02, 2005, 06:23:58 pm

Sorry!

Unfortunately they are still owned by the company that destroyed the print version

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Did you ever hear how that came about? Quite obnoxious behaviour on the companies part. The former owners however do seem to have acted well about it.

E_Look · « **Reply #8 on:** October 02, 2005, 07:30:38 pm »

Oh, that's been so long that the trite phrase, "shrouded in the mists of memory" applies.

I do remember to my shock and dismay that there was no longer a print version. This may have shortened its run. Most people, young or old prefer to hold something tangible in their hands.

I still find it less agreeable to read some longer text off the screen. It bothers me.

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