Year: 2004

Virtual PC 7.0 shipping in first half of 2004

Microsoft’s Mac Business Unit (Mac BU) announced today it will release Virtual PC 7.0 in the first half of 2004. Version 7.0 will offer performance improvements, user interface enhancements and compatibility with the Power Mac G5. In addition, Virtual PC 7.0 with Windows XP Professional will ship for the first time as part of Office 2004 for Mac Professional Edition, and as a stand-alone product. Microsoft says that other guest operating systems will be available a few months after this debut. Pricing was not provided.

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BounceBack Professional for Mac OS X ships

CMS Products today shipped its new BounceBack Professional software for Mac OS X, backup and restore software that can be used to make a bootable backup from most modern external FireWire drives. BounceBack Professional is being demonstrated at Macworld Expo in Meeting Room (#260), and will be available today for US$99 from the company’s Web site.

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@last Software releases SketchUp 3.1

@Last Software introduced today SketchUp 3.1, the latest release of the company’s 3-D design software. New features in version 3.1 include: the addition of thumbnail images to the component browser; 2D vector export (PDF, EPS, DWG and DXF) now supports text and dimensions; and the direct export of SketchUp models to Piranesi EPIX format has been enhanced and added to the Mac OS X version. SketchUp 3.1 is free to owners of SketchUp 3.0 and US$95 for owners of 2.2 and earlier versions.

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