Zip Drive wins Byte Magazine 1996 Readers' Coice Award.
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( BW)(BYTE-MAGAZINE) BYTE readers choose Zip Drive and Windows 95 as
top products; 1996 Readers' Choice Awards reflect "Real World" user
preference
Business Editors and Computer Writers
PETERBOROUGH, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 23, 1996--BYTE Magazine
today announced the results of its 1996 BYTE Readers' Choice Awards,
with top honors going to IOMega's Zip Drive in the hardware category
and Microsoft's Windows 95 in the software category.
Gateway 2000 was deemed the "Company that provides best
service." The annual awards are considered a leading indicator of
product acceptance and satisfaction among "real world" users.
"If you want to know which products mark the front edge of
technology in common use today, ask BYTE readers," says Mark
Schlack, editor-in-chief of BYTE. "They're very active in seeking
out advanced solutions that they can put to work to gain a
competitive edge."
The results of BYTE's 1996 Readers' Choice Awards were compiled
through a random poll of nearly half a million technically savvy
subscribers who were asked to identify the best products in over 40
hardware and software categories.
Best Hardware Product
In the general hardware category, BYTE readers selected IOMega's
Zip Derive as the best hardware product available. Other winners
include the Gateway 2000 P5/166XL - Best Desktop Computer (PC),
Hewlett-Packard 9000 - Best Workstation, IBM ThinkPad 760 - Best
Laptop/Notebook Computer, and the NEC MultiSync FG for Best
Monitor.
Best Software Product
In the general software category, BYTE readers voted Microsoft's
Windows 95 operating system, 1996 Software Product of the Year.
Other winners in the software category include Microsoft Word for
Windows - Best Word Processor, Aldus PageMaker - Best Desktop
Publishing, Microsoft PowerPoint - Best Presentation Graphics,
Oracle Server - Best Client/Server Database, and Lotus Notes - Best
E-Mail and Workgroup software.
BYTE is the global authority for computing technology. BYTE
serves the information needs of technically astute buyers and
purchase agenda setters by providing award-winning, in-depth
coverage of emerging technologies, leading-edge products, and
interoperability for enterprise-wide computing. Founded in 1975,
BYTE reaches more than half a million subscribers and newsstand
readers in 151 countries through its locally published editions in
eighteen of the world's key IT markets.
BYTE is part of the Computers and Communications Information
Group of The McGraw-Hill Companies. Other McGraw-Hill publications
and information services which serve this market include LAN Times,
Data Communications, tele.com, Datapro, NSTL (National Software
Testing Laboratories), Northern Business Information, and Business
Week.
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A complete list of all 1996 Readers' Choice Award winners is
available upon request. Contact June Sheldon at fax number
603/924-2550.
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CONTACT: BYTE Magazine
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