The company promises that Windows 7 will be the best version of its operating system yet, critical acclaim has often eluded Redmond. We've decided to count down the ten best products ever to come out of Redmond, from DOS 5 to Flight Simulator and NT 4.0

Ever since the dawn of the digital camera age Olympus has graced the market with a series of excellent products. Its C-800L may have had a lukewarm reception, but the C-820L soon rectified that.

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Useful new features and a total interface overhaul make this the best Office ever.

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Emagens entry is a fairly mixed system, with some excellent and some average features

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Vista, XP spared from most dangerous vulnerabilities.

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Vulnerability confirmed in Windows 2000, but could also be present in XP.