Computer Shopper Magazine Announces 22nd Annual Shoppers' Choice Awards

Awards recognize readers' picks for technology's best products, companies, and services.

New York, NY (PRWEB) February 15, 2008 -- Computer Shopper magazine and ComputerShopper.com today announced winners of its 22nd annual Shoppers' Choice Awards. The awards recognize Computer Shopper readers' picks for the year's best technology products, companies, and services in 43 categories.

"Now more than ever, people are looking to their peers for advice when they're making their buying decisions," said Sean Portnoy, Executive Editor of Computer Shopper. "The Shoppers' Choice awards are a chance for our readers -- an amazingly tech-savvy group of computer users -- to let their fellow tech shoppers know which companies and products they feel are best in class."

The Shoppers' Choice winners were announced today at ComputerShopper.com and in the February 2008 print issue of Computer Shopper magazine. Reflecting the huge purchasing influence of the Computer Shopper audience, winners were picked across a broad spectrum of categories ranging from "Best Place to Buy Consumer Electronics" to "Best Gaming Desktop" to "Best Digital Camera."

Thousands of readers voiced their choices with online balloting open to all readers of Computer Shopper and ComputerShopper.com

The winners of Computer Shopper magazine's 2007 Shoppers' Choice Awards are listed below and can be found online at http://www.computershopper.com/shopperschoice

BEST GAMING DESKTOP

Alienware Area-51 ALX

Runner-Up: Dell XPS 710 H2C

BEST BUDGET DESKTOP PC (Under $1,000)

Dell Dimension E520/E521

Runner-Up: HP Pavilion Slimline s3020n

BEST MIDRANGE DESKTOP

Dell XPS 410

Runner-Up: HP Pavilion Media Center m8000 Series

BEST SMALL-FORM-FACTOR DESKTOP

Dell XPS 210

Runner-Up: Sony VAIO TP VGX-TP1

BEST HOME THEATER PC

Sony VAIO Digital Living System VGX-XL3

Runner-Up: HP z560 Digital Entertainment Center

BEST DESKTOP-REPLACEMENT NOTEBOOK

Dell Inspiron E1705

Runner-Up: Alienware Area-51 m5550

BEST GAMING NOTEBOOK

Alienware Aurora mALX

Runner-Up: Dell XPS M1710

BEST THIN-AND-LIGHT NOTEBOOK

Sony VAIO VGN-C250N/B

Runner-Up: Dell XPS M1210

BEST ULTRAPORTABLE NOTEBOOK (UNDER 4 POUNDS)

Dell XPS M1330

Runner-Up: Sony VAIO SZ Series

BEST CPU

Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6800

Runner-Up: Intel Core 2 Duo E6750

BEST MOTHERBOARD

Asus P5B Premium Vista Edition

Runner-Up: Asus P5K3 Deluxe

BEST CASE

Cooler Master CM Stacker 830 nVidia Edition

Runner-Up: Arctic Cooling Silentium T2 Pro

BEST GRAPHICS CARD

nVidia GeForce 8800 Ultra

Runner-Up: nVidia GeForce 8800 GTX

BEST HARD DRIVE

Western Digital Raptor X

Runner-Up: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10

BEST LCD MONITOR

Dell UltraSharp 2407WFP-HC

Runner-Up: Samsung SyncMaster 906BW

BEST HOME NETWORKING DEVICE

Linksys WRT300N Router

Runner-Up: D-Link Xtreme N Gigabit Router

BEST INKJET PRINTER

HP PhotoSmart D7160

Runner-Up: HP Deskjet D4260

BEST MULTIFUNCTION DEVICE

HP Color LaserJet CM1017

Runner Up: HP PhotoSmart C6180

BEST PERSONAL LASER PRINTER

HP Color LaserJet 2600n

Runner-Up: HP LaserJet P2015

BEST INPUT DEVICE

Logitech G5 Laser Mouse

Runner-Up: Microsoft Wireless Entertainment Desktop 7000

BEST DIGITAL STILL CAMERA

Canon PowerShot SD850 IS

Runner-Up: Canon EOS Rebel XTi

BEST DIGITAL CAMCORDER

Sony Handycam DCR-SR300

Runner-Up: Sony Handycam HDR-HD7

BEST DIGITAL AUDIO PLAYER

Apple iPod

Runner-Up: Apple iPod Nano

BEST PORTABLE MEDIA PLAYER/GAMING DEVICE

Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP)

Runner-Up: Nintendo DS Lite

BEST FLAT-SCREEN TELEVISION

Sony KDL-52XBR2

Runner-Up: Samsung LN-T4665F

BEST OFFICE PRODUCTIVITY SOFTWARE

Microsoft Office 2007

Runner-Up: OpenOffice.org

BEST PERSONAL PRODUCTIVITY SOFTWARE

Microsoft Works Suite 2006

Runner-Up: Quicken Premier 2007

BEST PHOTO EDITING/ ORGANIZING SOFTWARE

Adobe Photoshop CS3

Runner-Up: Adobe Photoshop Elements 5

BEST UTILITY PACKAGE

Norton 360

Runner-Up: WinZip 11.1

BEST INTERNET SECURITY SOFTWARE

Norton Internet Security Suite 2007

Runner-Up: ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite 7

BEST CD/DVD UTILITY SOFTWARE

Nero 7 Ultra Edition Enhanced

Runner-Up: Roxio Easy Media Creator 9

BEST COMMUNICATIONS SOFTWARE

Google Gmail    

Runner-Up: Microsoft Outlook 2007

BEST PC GAME

Company of Heroes

Runner-Up: The Lord of the Rings Online

BEST MEDIA-PLAYER SOFTWARE

Windows Media Player 11

Runner-Up: Apple iTunes

BEST ONLINE MUSIC STORE

iTunes Store

Runner-Up: Rhapsody

BEST ONLINE SERVICE

YouTube

Runner-Up: Craigslist

BEST FREE DOWNLOAD

Mozilla Firefox

Runner-Up: AVG Anti-Virus

BEST PLACE TO BUY A DESKTOP PC

Dell

Runner-Up: Newegg.com

BEST PLACE TO BUY A LAPTOP PC

Best Buy

Runner-Up: Dell

BEST PLACE TO BUY CORE COMPONENTS, PERIPHERALS, AND SOFTWARE

Newegg.com

Runner-Up: Best Buy

BEST PLACE TO BUY CONSUMER ELECTRONICS

Best Buy

Runner-Up: Newegg.com

MOST INNOVATIVE PRODUCT OR TECHNOLOGY

Quad-core CPUs

Runner-Up: Apple iPhone

BEST SERVICE AND SUPPORT

Dell

Runner-Up: Hewlett-Packard

BEST PLACE TO BUY (RETAIL)

Best Buy

Runner-Up: Circuit City

BEST PLACE TO BUY (ONLINE)

Newegg.com

Runner-Up: Tiger Direct

About Computer Shopper

With over 340 products covered every issue, and a reach of 2.1 million readers, Computer Shopper magazine is the most comprehensive guide to today's technology. In print and online at http://www.computershopper.com, our expert staff of technology editors helps readers cut through technology-buying clutter with focused editorial that is informative, relevant and actionable. In-depth product reviews, comparison tools and buying advice empower the reader with the information they need to make decisions now and in the future while easy step-by-step how-to guides offer expert advice for upgrading, customizing and repairing their current system.

About SX2 Media Labs, LLC

SX2 Media Labs was founded by David Sills and Barry Schwimmer to serve passionate technology enthusiasts in print and online. With vast experience in magazine and niche media publishing and finance and investment banking respectively, Sills and Schwimmer plan to grow the company through acquisitions of magazines and other niche media businesses in related fields.

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