PC Pro announces Awards 2009 shortlist

 

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By Tim Danton

Posted on 18 Aug 2009 at 07:30

PC Pro today announced the finalists in its reader-voted Reliability & Service awards.

The Reliability & Service Awards are the most prestigious in the IT industry for good reason: they’re based entirely on our readers’ experience. These awards aren’t judged by the number of “votes” (all that rewards is the company with the largest client base) but on the quality of service and products our readers have received.

In each category, we ask our readers to rate the reliability of the products they have bought, customer support (if applicable), and how satisfied they are – in particular, if they would buy from that company again.

We combine all this information to produce a numeric rating, and the company with the highest rating wins. If any companies are hot on their heels, they win a Highly Commended award.

The companies who make our list of finalists have performed above the industry average, so to even make the final list of any of these categories is a fine achievement.

Printer Award

• Brother, Canon, Epson, HP, Samsung, Xerox

Monitor Award

• Acer, Asus, BenQ, Eizo, Hanns G, Iiyama, LG, Samsung

Smartphone Award

• Apple, BlackBerry, HTC, LG, Nokia, Sony Ericsson

Digital Camera Award

• Canon, Fujifilm, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic, Samsung, Sony

Wireless Router Award

• Belkin, BT, Buffalo, D-Link, DrayTek, Linksys, Netgear, Thomson

Motherboard Award

• Abit, ASRock, Asus, Biostar, Foxconn, Gigabyte, MSI

Graphics Card Award

• Asus, BFG, EVGA, Gainward, Gigabyte, HIS, Matrox, Palit, PNY, PowerColor, Sapphire, XFX

Software of the Year

• Acronis True Image 2009, Adobe Creative Suite 4, Adobe Photoshop Elements 7, Adobe Premiere Elements 7, AVG Internet Security 8.5, Avira Premium Security Suite 9, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4, Diskeeper 2009, ESET Smart Security 4, Kaspersky Internet Security 2009, Steinberg Cubase 5

Best Online Retailer

• 7dayshop, Amazon, Aria, Broadbandbuyer.co.uk, CCLonline.com, Ebuyer, Morecomputers.com, Novatech, Oyyy, Quiet PC, Scan, SVP

Best Web Host

• 1and1.co.uk, Fast2host, Go Daddy, Heart Internet, Memset, Zen Internet

Best ISP

• Be Internet, Eclipse, Freedom2surf, Nildram, O2, PlusNet, Sky, TalkTalk, Virgin Media, Zen Internet

Desktop PC Award

• Acer, Dell, Fujitsu, HP, PC Specialist

Laptop Award

• Acer, Asus, Dell, Fujitsu, HP, Lenovo, Samsung, Sony, Toshiba

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