The 50 Best Tech Products of All Time
From breakthrough hardware to time-honored software, we salute those amazing products that changed technology--and our lives--forever.
Christopher Null, PC World
The 50 Best Tech Products, Alphabetical List
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- 3dfx Voodoo3 (1999)
- Adaptec Easy CD Creator (1996)
- Adobe Photoshop 3.0 (1994)
- Aldus PageMaker (1985)
- Apple II (1977)
- Apple Airport Base Station (1999)
- Apple HyperCard (1987)
- Apple iPod (2001)
- Apple iTunes 4 (2003)
- Apple Mac OS X (2001)
- Apple Macintosh Plus (1986)
- Atari VCS/2600 (1977)
- Blizzard World of Warcraft (2004)
- Brøderbund The Print Shop (1984)
- Canon Digital Elph S100 (2000)
- Canon EOS Digital Rebel (2003)
- Central Point Software PC Tools (1985)
- ChipSoft TurboTax (1985)
- Commodore Amiga 1000 (1985)
- Compaq Deskpro 386 (1986)
- CompuServe (1982)
- Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16 (1992)
- Epson MX-80 (1980)
- Eudora (1988)
- Hayes Smartmodem (1981)
- HP LaserJet 4L (1993)
- IBM ThinkPad 700C (1992)
- id Software Doom (1993)
- Iomega Zip Drive (1994)
- Lotus 1-2-3 for DOS (1983)
- McAfee VirusScan (1990)
- Microsoft Excel (1985)
- Microsoft Windows 95 (1995)
- Mirabilis ICQ (1996)
- Motorola StarTAC (1996)
- Napster (1999)
- Netscape Navigator (1994)
- Nintendo Entertainment System (1985)
- Nintendo Game Boy (1989)
- Northgate OmniKey Ultra (1987)
- Palm Pilot 1000 (1996)
- PC-Talk (1982)
- Red Hat Linux (1994)
- RIM BlackBerry 857 (2000)
- Sony Handycam DCR-VX1000 (1995)
- Sony Mavica MVC-FD5 (1997)
- Spybot Search & Destroy (2000)
- Tetris (1985)
- TiVo HDR110 (1999)
- WordPerfect 5.1 (1989)
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