COMPUTE!’s Commodore Buyer’s Guide: 1988 Edition is a comprehensive catalog of 1,064 software and hardware products available for the Commodore 64, 64C, 128, and 128D. Organized into sections including entertainment, education, business, productivity, graphics, music, home applications, printers, modems, disk drives, and input devices, it provides brief descriptions, prices, system requirements, and publisher information for each product. The guide also includes an article illustrating practical uses of Commodore computers in publishing, farming, small business, community work, remote industrial monitoring, and online communication, making it both a shopping reference and a snapshot of the active Commodore market in 1988.