Editors' Top Software
updated March 10, 2006
 
Robert Vamosi, Senior Editor
  A new PC means a clean slate--why clutter it up with inferior software? These apps offer all you need, from the essentials to the simply entertaining.
-- Robert Vamosi, Senior Editor
 
Productivity apps  |  Apps for a new PC  |  Entertainment apps  |  Utilities  |  Security apps  |  Graphics apps

Shopping by brand? According to CNET editors, here are this category's major players:
Adobe  |  Apple  |  Corel  |  Intuit  |  Microsoft  |  Symantec
 
Apps for a new PC
Software Editors' rating Price Summary
Yahoo Toolbar Editors' Choice
Released: 08/18/2004
8.3 out of 10 8.3
Excellent

This free service is available from the vendor's Web site.
 
Complete with scores of options, a wide variety of specific types of searches, one-touch access to Yahoo bookmarks and services, a killer spyware utility, and a pop-up blocker that goes the extra mile, Yahoo Toolbar deserves a place on your Web browser.
 




   




   




   




   

Office 2003 Small Business Edition


$179-$292
from 5 stores
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Specs: 1 user , Complete package , Microsoft Windows XP or later , Microsoft Windows 2000 SP3 or later , 380 MB, Intel Pentium 233 MHz , 128 MB, CD-ROM , SVGA monitor , Intel Pentium , 233 MHz, Windows
 




   

 
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