Read the article. With respectful apologies to Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick. Okay, you won't find him among our World Class Award winners, but technology has still taken us on an incredible odyssey. Processors have hit 2 GHz. Broadband is available nearly everywhere.
Laptops pack as much power as last year's fastest PCs.
But as HAL taught us, not every amazing new product is as reliable as we'd hope, which is why performance, value, consistency, and innovation are the four qualities we looked for in choosing our 19th annual World Class Award winners. It's been a slow year for new PC products. You still can't beat the Best Portal, Yahoo. And Microsoft's Windows 2000 Professional, Best OS for two years running, even got some support for Product of the Year. Monolithic companies like HP and Microsoft aren't the only ones taking home awards.