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PC Pro Awards 2008: Software of the Year
WINNER: CCleaner 2
Everyone likes to get things for free, and when they're excellent pieces of software like CCleaner it's clear that PC Pro's readers are no exception. In our comprehensive survey, which asked people to rate the most frequently used pieces of software for ease of use, features and overall satisfaction, it scored close to top marks in every category.
Highly Commended: Adobe Creative Suite 3
Adobe evidently has a lot of very satisfied customers on its hands. Its software certainly isn't free, yet out of the 1,435 PC Pro readers who gave us their feedback on the product we struggled to find anyone willing to criticise it. Indeed, out of that vast sample, the precise number of users who described themselves as dissatisfied was just 24.Categories
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| Ease of use | Features | Satisfaction | Overall | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CCleaner 2 |  |  | | |
| Adobe Creative Suite 3 |  |  | | |
| Mozilla Thunderbird 2 | |  | | |
| AVG Free Edition | | | | |
| Acronis True Image 11 | | | | |
| Kaspersky Internet Security 7 | | | | |
| Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 | | | | |
| Google Earth 4 | | | | |
| Diskeeper 2008 | | | | |
| Serif PagePlus X2 | | | | |
| Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 | | | | |
| Adobe Acrobat 8 | |  | | |
| Paragon Partition Manager 9 | | | | |
| Ubuntu 8 | | | | |
| Kaspersky AntiVirus 7 | | | | |
| Serif PhotoPlus X2 | | | | |
| Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition | | | | |
| Nero 8 | | | | |
| CyberLink PowerDVD 8 | | | | |
| BBC iPlayer | | | | |
The above table lists the top 20 pieces of software according to PC Pro readers. It\'s based on feedback on an extra question in our Reliability and Service survey. We asked readers to rate each piece of software for ease of use, features and their general level of satisfaction. We then averaged these results to give the overall star rating at the far-right of the table.
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