Winmag.com Announces Winners of Its Annual Win100 AwardsCompaq, Dell, IBM, Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard are Category Leaders Among Products of the YearPRNewswire Winmag.com (http://www.winmag.com/) announced the winners of its annual Win100 product awards, the best 100 Windows hardware, software and system products introduced over the last year. The editors of Winmag.com review hundreds of products every year. Each product reviewed is compared to previous products in its category. If it is the best, it is placed on the WinList, a constantly updated list of the top hardware, software and systems in dozens of product categories. Of the products that make it to the exclusive WinList, Winmag.com editors single out 100 products as best of the best, resulting in Win100 Awards. Each of these products is profiled in a special feature on the web site, which can be found at (http://www.winmag.com/reviews/win100_2000/). The product of the year is the Compaq NeoServer 150, cited by the editors as "The right appliance server for small businesses, with room to grow." It was one of 10 Compaq systems that made the list--the largest number of winning systems from any vendor. Seven Dell Systems and five IBM systems also made the list. The software vendor with the most products was Microsoft, with eight products on the Win100 list. Honors for peripherals went to Hewlett-Packard, with four products on the list. Following is the complete list of Win100 Awards. Hardware and Software: ACT! 2000 Adaptec 2930U2 Adobe PageMaker 6.5 Plus Belkin BusStation Brother MFC-8600 BullsEye 2 Pro Business Plan Pro 4.0 CardScan Executive 5.0 Corel WordPerfect Office 2000 Creative Labs PC-DVD Encore 6X Dxr3 Dantz Retrospect Backup Server Edition, version 5.0 Diamond Rio 500 Diskeeper 5.0 Eizo FlexScan L661 Epson PhotoPC 850Z Epson Stylus Photo 870 Eudora Email 4.3 FastSite Release 3 Fujifilm MX-1200 Fujifilm MX-2900 Zoom Digital Camera GoldMine 5.0 HomeSite 4.5 HP CD-Writer Plus 8200e HP CD-Writer Plus 9310i HP DeskJet 952C HP P910 Monitor InterVideo WinDVD 1.2 Kenwood 72X TrueX CD-ROM Drive L&H Voice Xpress Ultimate Suite Logitech Cordless MouseMan Wheel Lotus Organizer Release 6 Macro Express 2000 MapPoint 2000 MaxAttach Desktop 2.0 model A0802 Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 40 (40.9GB model 54098U8) MGI PhotoSuite III Platinum Edition Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 Microsoft Excel 2000 Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Microsoft Project 2000 Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 2020U Mitsubishi X300 LCD Projector Norton Internet Security 2000 Norton SystemWorks 2000 Olympus C-2020 Zoom OmniPage Pro 10 Outlook Express 5 PC-cillin 2000 PhotoDraw 2000 Version 2 PowerDesk 4 Pro QuickBooks Pro 2000 Quicken 2000 Deluxe Ricoh MediaMaster MP9060A Samsung SyncMaster 170MP Seagate Barracuda 50 (model ST150176LC) Snap Server model 2000 (40GB version) Sony Spressa Professional SCSI (model CRX140S/C) Sound Blaster Live! MP3+ System Commander 2000 TapeStor DAT 40 Turbo Browser 2000 TurboTax Veritas BackUp Exec Desktop Edition 4.2 Visio 2000 WinFax Pro 10 WinProxy 3.0 WinZip 8 Systems: Axis Terra AXT Compaq Armada M700 Compaq Deskpro EN Series Compaq iPAQ Legacy Free Compaq NeoServer 150 Compaq Presario 1600S Compaq Presario 1800 Compaq Presario 5900Z Compaq Presario EZ2700 Compaq Prosignia Desktop 340 Compaq Prosignia Notebook 190 Dell Dimension L400c Dell Dimension XPS B1000R Dell Inspiron 3800 Dell Latitude CPx H500GT Dell OptiPlex GX110 Dell OptiPlex GX200 Dell OptiPlex GX300 Fujitsu PC LifeBook C 6551 Gateway Perfomance 700 Deluxe Gateway Solo 9300XL Hewlett-Packard Vectra VL600 733 IBM PC 300GL IBM Personal Computer 300PL IBM ThinkPad A20p IBM ThinkPad I-Series 1400 IBM ThinkPad T20 Micron Millennia Max 667MHz Micron TransPort LT Series Micron TransPort ZX Sony Vaio PCG-XG18 Toshiba Equium 7100M Toshiba Tecra 8100 Series Winmag.com is the online source for business desktop PC users who want to maximize their computer productivity, and is the successor to Windows Magazine, which previously issued the awards. About CMP Media Inc. CMP Media Inc. (http://www.cmpnet.com/) is a leading high-tech media company providing essential information and marketing services to the entire technology spectrum -- the builders, sellers and users of technology worldwide. Capitalizing on its editorial strength, CMP is uniquely positioned to offer marketers comprehensive, multiple media solutions tailored to meet their individual needs. Its diverse products and services include newspapers, magazines, Internet products, research, direct marketing services, education and training, trade shows and conferences, custom publishing, testing and consulting. SOURCE: CMP Media Inc. Contact: Nanci Oehrlein of CMP Media Inc., 516-562-5858, Website: http://www.winmag.com/ Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/181993.html or fax, |