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Tue, 28 Jan 2003

Apple Introduces 20" Cinema Display at Breakthrough Price

Continuing its industry leadership

in flat panel display technology, Apple∆ today introduced the 20-inch Apple

Cinema Display∆, a professional-quality, wide-format active-matrix LCD with

1680-by-1050 pixel resolution at a breakthrough price of $1,299 (US). A

perfect complement to Apple's new Power Mac∆ G4 desktops and ideal for

demanding color work, the all-digital 20-inch flat panel display provides

more work area than Apple's previous 22-inch Cinema Display.



Apple also dramatically reduced the price of its 23-inch Cinema HD Display,

with 1920-by-1200 pixel resolution-enough to view High Definition

Television (HDTV) content with room to spare-from $3,499 (US) to an amazing

$1,999 (US). Widely regarded as the finest quality flat panel display in

the industry, the 23-inch Cinema HD Display is now within the reach of

almost every professional user. Apple also reduced the price of its 17-inch

Studio Display∆, providing 1280-by-1024 pixels, from $999 (US) to just $699

(US).



"The new 20-inch Cinema Display, with its 1680-by-1050 resolution, offers

more pixels than our previous 22-inch product," said Greg Joswiak, Apple's

vice president of Hardware Product Marketing. "We've priced it very

aggressively at $1,299 (US) so that almost everyone can now afford a

stunning, widescreen Cinema Display."



Apple's Cinema Display features an active-matrix, liquid crystal display

that incorporates a pure digital interface to deliver superior,

distortion-free images that never need adjusting. Like the current 17-inch

and 23-inch flat panel displays, the new 20-inch Cinema Display is designed

for use in the most demanding color environments. Using the industry's best

wide viewing angle technology, Apple flat panel displays provide maximum

color quality even when viewing images off-axis.



With a broad color gamut that stays consistent edge-to-edge, Apple flat

panel displays are easy to calibrate using measurement devices such as the

GretagMacbeth Eye-One calibrator to create ColorSync∆ profiles for use with

Apple's ColorSync or other color management systems, such as Integrated

Color Solutions, Inc. Recognized providers of innovative tools for

advancing color management technology, ICS relied solely on Apple's Cinema

Display and breakthrough Cinema HD Display to develop Remote Director 2.0,

the first display-based proofing system to be certified by SWOP

Incorporated. The prestigious SWOP certification means Remote Director 2.0

can be used to approve jobs for press production on-screen without the need

for hard-copy proofs providing significant time and cost savings for print

professionals.



The Cinema Display is less than two inches thick while providing a wide

format design (16:10 aspect ratio), allowing customers to easily view a

full 11-inch by 17-inch two-page spread, a complex illustration or view a

DVD movie, making it the ultimate display for the creative or technical

professional. Based on Apple's award-winning design, the Cinema Display

offers the innovative Apple Display Connector (ADC) that carries the

digital video signal, USB data and power over a single cable to simplify

setup and minimize cable clutter on the desktop. The Cinema Display also

provides a self-powered, two-port USB hub for easy connections to

peripherals.



Pricing & Availability



Apple's 17-inch (diagonal) Studio Display, new 20-inch (diagonal) Cinema

Display and 23-inch (diagonal) Cinema HD Display are all available now

through the Apple Store∆ (www.apple.com), at Apple's retail stores and

Apple Authorized Resellers for a suggested retail price of $699 (US),

$1,299 (US) and $1,999 (US), respectively.

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Unsanity Releases WindowShade X 2.1.2

Jan 28, 2003 -- Unsanity LLC announces a minor update to WindowShade X. This minor update fixes several bugs including X11 compatibility.



WindowShade X 2.1.2



Description: Brings WindowShade functionality into Mac OS X.


Download: http://www.unsanity.net/windowshade-x-212.dmg


Changes in this version:



  • Rewrote the part for Cocoa applications from scratch.

  • Exclude list is enhanced so it is now possible to exclude Microsoft Office X applications, among others.

  • Updated with Application Enhancer 1.2.1.

  • Fixed the issues when minimizing the windows for X11 applications.

  • Fixed a bug causing an unattended drawer to hang on screen after minimizing to Dock a windowshaded window.

  • Fixed a bug with window expanding issues after disabling WindowShade X.

  • Fixed a bug with sounds not playing when doing all windows minimization.

  • Fixed a bug with sheets in Microsoft Word X (fix only works under Mac OS X 10.2).

  • Fixed a bug with disappearing rename field in the Finder (it still is present in different form, due to a bug in Finder itself).

  • Fixed a bug with Mail.app not being able to double-click a message after s minimizing of a main window.

  • Fixed a bug with Mail.app disabling certain menu items after minimizing of a main window.



WindowShade X is priced at $7 until February 1, 2003 after which it will be $10. For more information on Unsanity haxies, please visit:



http://www.unsanity.com/haxies/





Unsanity LLC is the creator of other popular haxies such as Application Enhancer, WindowShade X, FruitMenu, Xounds, Dock Detox, Silk, Cee Pee You, and ShadowKiller. Unsanity is dedicated to providing quality software for the Macintosh community.

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Interarchy 6.1 released

Interarchy, the popular Mac FTP client, has been updated to version 6.1.

Interarchy 6.1 adds Rendezvous support and fixes several bugs. This upgrade is free to Interarchy 6.0 owners.



For more information or to download a copy, visit www.interarchy.com.

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Apple announces new PowerMac G4s

Apple today announced speed-bumped Power Mac G4s based on XServe architecture, featuring a choice of a single 1 GHz, dual-1.25 GHz or dual-1.42 GHz PowerPC G4 processors with prices ranging from $1,500 to $2,700.

The new models feature FireWire 800 & Bluetooth and support Airport Extreme. The 1 GHz model features a NVIDIA GeForce4 MX graphics card, while the others have a Radeon 9000 Pro.



The standard configurations are:



  • 1GHz PowerPC G4 / 133MHz system bus / 1MB L3 Cache / 256MB PC2100 266MHz DDR SDRAM / 60GB Ultra ATA/100 hard drive / Combo Drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW) / NVIDIA GeForce4 MX with 64MB DDR SDRAM



  • Dual 1.25GHz PowerPC G4 / 167MHz system bus / 1MB L3 Cache per processor / 256MB PC2700 333MHz DDR SDRAM / 80GB Ultra ATA/100 hard drive / Combo Drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW) / ATI Radeon 9000 Pro with 64MB DDR SDRAM



  • Dual 1.42GHz PowerPC G4 / 167MHz system bus / 2MB L3 Cache per processor / 512MB PC2700 333MHz DDR SDRAM / 120GB Ultra ATA/100 hard drive / SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW) / ATI Radeon 9000 Pro with 64MB DDR SDRAM





Expansion capability for all models: four open 64-bit, 33MHz PCI slots; AGP 4X slot with graphics card installed; four DIMM slots; four internal hard drive bays (one occupied); two optical drive bays (one occupied); One FireWire 800, Two FireWire 400, four USB, front headphone minijack and speaker, rear Apple speaker minijack, audio line in, audio line out, ADC and DVI connectors



Software includes Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar), iLife, including iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie and iDVD (requires SuperDrive), QuickBooks for Mac New User Edition, FAXstf, Art Directors Toolkit, Microsoft Office v.X Test Drive, FileMaker Pro Trial, OmniGraffle, OmniOutliner, Graphic Converter, QuickTime, iChat, DVD Player, Mail, Microsoft Internet Explorer, EarthLink, Acrobat Reader and Apple Developer Tools

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