Quantcast
PCWorld.com is upgrading some back-end systems. Some site features, such as user registration, may be temporarily unavailable.
RSS
Subscribe to magazine
  • DIGG
  • tweet
  • email

The 10 Most Overrated Products

Hype springs eternal. Lots of technologies, products, and services don't merit the praise heaped on them. Here are 10 tech items that don't live up to their billing--and 10 that deserve respect that they don't receive.

Darren Gladstone, PC World

Overrated: Google Apps; Underrated: OpenOffice 3.0 7 of 10

Google's productivity Web apps are great for teams working online that want to share calendars and documents. But Google Apps is online only and ulti­mately is just a couple of applications. What we need is a full-fledged productivity suite that's completely compatible with Microsoft Office files, can work across multiple OSs, and is free. Oh, wait--that suite already exists.

If you haven't taken the time to check out OpenOffice in the past, you owe it to yourself to do so now. You'll find the latest beta, OO 3.0, at OpenOffice.org.

  • Would you recommend this slideshow?
  • Yes
  • No
Add Yours

Comments Readers reply with their ideas and expertise.

Subscribe to this discussion via email or RSS

  • What do you think?

People who read this also read: