Yesterday’s edition of InfoWorld magazine published the results of its annual request to readers to say which they consider to be the best microcomputer hardware and software products of 1988. The Overall Hardware Product of the Year contest produced a tie between the IBM PS/2 Model 70 and the Compaq Deskpro 386/25. Overall MS-DOS Software Product of the Year was WordPerfect 5.0, and Overall Mac Software Product of the Year was Microsoft Excel 1.5. For the rest, the categorised list was as follows: Hardware: – Desktop Computer: Compaq Deskpro 386/25 – Portable Computer: Compaq SLT/286 – Communications: Intel Connection Co-processor – Graphics Hardware: Hewlett-Packard ScanJet – Mass Storage Device: Plus Passport – Memory/Multifunction Board: AST Rampage Plus 286 – Monitor: NEC Multisynch II – Network Hardware: AST Premium Workstation/286 – Printer: Hewlett-Packard LaserJet IID – Video Board: Paradise VGA Professional – Workstation: Sun Microsystems 386i Software: – Best New Idea: Lotus Agenda – Accounting: Intuit Quicken 2.0 – CAD Software (MS-DOS): Autodesk Autocad 10 – CAD Software (Macintosh): Versacad – Communications Software: Datastorm Procomm Plus – Communications (Mac): Traveling Software Laplink – Database Systems (MS-DOS): Ashton-Tate dBase IV – Database Systems (Mac): Fox Software Foxbase/Mac – Publishing (MS-DOS): Xerox Ventura Publisher 2.0 – Desktop Publishing (Mac): Aldus Pagemaker 3.0 – File Managers (MS-DOS): Symantec Q&A 3.0 – File Managers (Macintosh): Claris Filemaker II – Graphics (MS-DOS): Micrographx Designer – Graphics (Macintosh): Adobe Illustrator – Integrated Software (MS-DOS): Software Publishing First Choice 3.0 – Integrated Software (Mac): Microsoft Works 2.0 – Network Software: Novell Netware 2.0 – Operating Environment: Quarterdeck Desqview 2.2 – Programming Language: Borland Turbo C 2.0 – Project Management: Symantec Timeline 3.0 – Spreadsheets (Macintosh): Microsoft Excel 1.5 – Spreadsheets Add-on: Funk Software Allways – Utilities: Peter Norton Computing Utilities 4.5 – Word Processing (MS-DOS): WordPerfect 5.0 – Word Processing (Macintosh): WordPerfect 1.0
