(Windows Me was fine - as long as it started with a clean installation. RealPlayer, free for individual download and use, lets you play live and on-demand RealAudio and RealVideo without download delays. The worst software includes Lotus Notes, of course, IBM's TopView, WordStar 2000, Netscape 4-6, Word Perfect for Windows, Star Office, and all versions of Microsoft Windows before 3.0. Topics RealPlayer 4.0.1, RealPlayer 5.0, RealPlayer G2, RealPlayer 7, RealPlayer 8 Language. versions of the Streambox Ferret or similar products that modify RealNetworks RealPlayer program, including its interface, its source code, or its object. (The Sinclair Black Watch is too old for PC World - 1975.) What about the Nokia NGage? On December 21, 1999, RealNetworks applied for a temporary restraining order to bar Streambox from manufacturing, distributing, selling, or marketing the VCR, the Ripper, and the Ferret. Sony BMG Music CDs (2005)ĪOL? Really? Was AOL worse than CompuServe or Prodigy or, especially, Prestel? PC World's writers and contributors are clearly too young and too US-centric to have seen enough of the world's worst tech products.īut can we do better? Some obvious clunkers are the IBM PC Convertible, Apple's Lisa, the Sinclair QL, the Commodore 1541 disk drive, Sun's 386i workstation, Philips CD-i, Amiga CDTV, Nintendo Virtual Boy, Nintendo Powerglove, etc. There's a complete list here, and it starts as follows:ġ.
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