[RhetTbull]

Mac Gem: Yep. I can't live without it and it has made my life so much simpler by making it incredibly easy to scan and file PDFs.

[joeyinteractive]

Top honors have to go to the iPhone.
Gem: I'm liking Desktoptopia right now.

[Drdul]

Best Apple product = iPod touch (remember, not everyone who reads Macworld lives in the US and can get an iPhone!)
Best third-party hardware: Elgato EyeTV 250 Plus (who needs a TV any more?)
Best third-party software: Adobe Photoshop CS3 (can't live without it!)
Best Mac Gem: VisualHub (Wow! If only all apps worked this well and were this easy to use)
Suggestion for a new category...
Best open-source software: NeoOffice (it may not be 100% MS-office compatible, but it's free and getting better all the time)

[wojtyspa]

Apple product of the year: iPhone
3rd-party software: MacGourmet
Mac Gem: Disco

[marie2boyer]

Product: iPhone
3rd Party hardware: any Wacom tablet
3rd Party Software: Posterino
Mac Gem: Posterino
Posterino is about $25 and it is simply fantastic for Mac photographers who like to make posters/postcards with their photos. http://zykloid.com/products/

[megorobin]

Apple Product of the Year:
iTouch - An iPhone unburdened by AT&T.

Third-Party Hardware of the Year:
IncipioBud - USB adapter for the 2 Gen Apple iPod Shuffle - Tiny USB adapter is so much more convenient then the USB adapter Apple ships.
Third-Party Software of the Year:
Omnigraffle - Imagine if M$ Visio was good and usable and updated this century.

Mac Gem of the Year:
VisualHub - Video converter makes my life easy and is faster than QT Pro (Which should be free, dammit!)
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[Nobody]

Apple Product of the Year: The iPhone!
Third-Party Hardware of the Year: Nikon D300
Third-Party Software of the Year: Graphic Converter v.6 ( a 'must-have' !)
Mac Gem of the Year: VisualHub! (Quick & easy video conversions!)

[NM_Bill]

third party software of great utility (though not fast, for sure) is ULTIMATE TASK shareware. Congrats to the developer! /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[gpell]

Apple product of the year:
New metal keyboard - no more sticky keys, yeah!
(It's definitely NOT aluminum.)
Third party product:
SuperDuper!

[bt]

Apple product of the year: iPhone
3rd-party hardware: Maxtor external hard drives!
3rd-party software: Audio Hijack Pro
Mac Gem: 1Passwd or ShoveBox. (The latter is amazing and the former I can hardly live without!).

[JBucanek]

Mac Gems: iPulse <http://iconfactory.com/software/ipulse>
I never see this product reviewed, but after LaunchBar it's the second utility I install on any Mac. Compact, colorful, and incredibly informative, I wouldn't know what my system is doing half the time without it.

[Stuart_SW]

Third Party Software: Notebook
It is a unique piece of software (and only for the Mac), that enables one to perform a host of tasks that would be otherwise difficult or impossible. As an organizer, collector of ideas, synthesizer/harmonizer of thought, it has no peer.
Third Party Software: Synk. A more ubiquitous utility, back-up software, but its simple interface and its support team make it stand out from the pack.
Third party Hardware: Logitech Harmony series of remote controllers. Finally someone figured out that we all have developed these complex A/V systems that frustrate or mystify our families and households, and decided to do something about it, but using the 'net and our PCs.

[JavaAddict77]

Apple product of the year: hate to play the favorite, but iPhone is a game-changer (even though I don't plan to get one unless they release CDMA version)
3rd Party Hardware: Nikon D40.
3rd Party Software: Adobe Photoshop CS3.
MacGem: Visual Hub

[EthanB]

Apple Hardware of the Year: Sure it will be the iPhone, but I also love my iPod touch!
Apple Software of the Year: iWork '08 primarily for Numbers (that would merit an award on its own)
Third Party Software: Nisus Writer Pro
Mac Gem: Image Well