World Class: Best of 2003

The gear of the year: your complete guide to 50+ hardware, software, and service winners--including today's number one product.

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Microsoft Windows XP Professional ($299): Stable, full-featured, and network-ready, Pro is the best of the Windows platforms.

Microsoft Office XP Professional ($579): Until Office 2003 arrives near the end of the year, XP remains the best way to go. If you're on a very strict budget, try out OpenOffice.org.

Symantec Norton SystemWorks 2003 ($70): SystemWorks bundles our favorite virus scanner with plenty of valuable utilities.

Google: When your product name becomes a verb, you're onto something good. Google's still fast, still accurate, and still indispensable.

Microsoft Money 2003 Deluxe ($60): Money wins a tight race with Quicken as both programs tweak their interfaces to integrate more Web services.

ACCPAC Simply Accounting Basic ($39): Our accounting winner's features rival those in the pricier QuickBooks.

DataViz Documents To Go Premium 5 ($70): A must-have app for Palm-based access to your critical Office documents.

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