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The 100 Best Products of 2007

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Posted 20 May 2007 - 11:55 PM

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Posted 22 May 2007 - 07:38 AM

Can't comment on most of these but of the ones I know about:Firefox 2, WinPatrol and Adblock Plus: along with Thunderbird, AVG Free and Belarc Advisor, the very first things I install on any new machine. WinPatrol (I use the Plus Edition for the program database) is absolutely essential for decrapifying a new machine and controlling what runs at startup. Nikons: Both the D40X & D80 are excellent cameras but the D80 hardly counts as a 2007 product. I'll be trading in my D50 on a D80 the day after I win the PowerBall. McAfee Site Advisor: I hate McAfee and kill it on any new machine that I buy, but I found Site Advisor a handy addon...it's steered me away from some sites that otherwise looked legitimate. Fujitsu ScanSnap s500: This would be a great product if your idea of a great product involves constant paper jams and multi feeds. Not one of my best investments. Trip Advisor: Worth its weight in gold for travel planning.
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Posted 22 May 2007 - 08:27 AM

I don't see Microsoft Windows Vista in this list... Did Google pay for this list? Ubuntu should be at least in the top 10!
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Posted 22 May 2007 - 10:18 AM

From the original PC World review: "Google Apps could evolve into something interesting."Hardly sounds like a description of the best product of 2007.
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Posted 22 May 2007 - 10:22 AM

I call shenanigans. Let's see the technologically inferior xbox elite is in the top 20. Yet the PS3 with it's built in Blu-Ray doesn't even make the 100. You lose credibility on that decision PCworld. It might not have the sales to back it up yet but what an awesome media center machine it is. Linux, bluray, video's,music,Internet,Chat,Wireless everything. You dropped the ball 4 Sure. Sorry just MHO.
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Posted 22 May 2007 - 12:08 PM

The link for paint.net is wrong. It should be linking to getpaint.net
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Posted 22 May 2007 - 02:24 PM

VMware PlayerDownload - http://www.vmware.co...wnload/player/I don't see why they put a link to "Check Prices" for a FREE product.
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Posted 22 May 2007 - 02:33 PM

The link for Paint.net is correct -- it goes to the file in our downloads library.However, I am checking on the VMWare link, as that does appear to be incorrect.
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Posted 22 May 2007 - 08:47 PM

How can you post the 100 best products of 2007 when we are not even halfway through the year???Aren't you people a little ahead of yourselves? In the normal world the "best of xxxx" articles are reserved for January editions!
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Posted 23 May 2007 - 04:32 AM

How on Earth can you post a list of the best of anything of 2007 when we haven't even finished the month of May yet?! What are you trying to say, that these products are so good that they couldn't possibly be surpassed during the rest of the year? What nonsense!
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Posted 23 May 2007 - 11:29 AM

The 100 Best Products listing was formerly known as the World Class Awards. They are given mid-year (and encompass the prior 12 months) because they were originally started as part of PC Expo. The show is no more, but the awards -- and their timing -- lives on. Next year's list will incorporate the rest of this year as well as the beginning of next year.For more explanation, please see Harry McCracken's blog entry on the awards.
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Posted 23 May 2007 - 07:30 PM

why vista is not in this list, although it is not faultless yetiPhonehttp://www.iphonetools.org/
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Posted 23 May 2007 - 08:06 PM

You folks have sold out. This is either a hoax or someone is clueless. Google Apps #1? What happened to the personal from personal computers. Is the #1 product in 2008 going to be a dumb terminal? Incredible!!!!
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Posted 24 May 2007 - 04:12 AM

I like Google and their toys as much as anyone, but #1 ?? Not.How about a real poll of folks here and then use THAT as the list.It looks more like whoever pays the most gets to be #1 and down from there...So If I pay $100 I should be able to get my website listed #77 or so...cool!
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Posted 24 May 2007 - 04:44 AM

How could you put xbox 360 elite and the wii in this list without including the PS3. I'm really dissapointed pcworld!!!
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Posted 24 May 2007 - 05:45 AM

[quote name='JosephC4mpbell']why vista is not in this list, although it is not faultless yet> > Yes, Vista is in list but under 100. :lol:
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Posted 24 May 2007 - 01:44 PM

homelights said:

> > How about a real poll of folks here ..We did. It's right here. We tabulated all of the suggestions and used it to help form the list.

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Posted 25 May 2007 - 03:29 AM

ahh forgive me then. I missed participating. Still, will $100 get my website listed?? LOL
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Posted 25 May 2007 - 05:07 AM

[quote name='kellie']> {quote:title=homelights wrote:}{quote}> > > > How about a real poll of folks here ..> > > > We did. It's right here. We tabulated all of the suggestions and used it to help form the list. Oh great! That explains why this list is so skewed ...Thanks! But still don't explain why the PS3 got left out. PC World should get out from under that rock a little more often.
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Posted 25 May 2007 - 08:32 AM

[quote name='homelights']ahh forgive me then. I missed participating. Still, will $100 get my website listed?? LOLIf that's a serious question, here's a serious answer: no.
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