Year: 2005

Apple, Dell best positioned for market share gains

Posted by | Jan 21, 2005 | |

Credit Suisse First Boston said today that growth in the PC market will be moderate in 2005 due to a lack of significant new product introductions, inelasticity of demand and a refreshed installed base. “Specifically, we expect unit growth in 2005 to be 8% following the 11% growth recorded in 2003 and 12% in 2004,” CSFB said. “For 2006, we expect unit growth of 7%.” CSFB said Dell and Apple are best positioned to gain market share this year.

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Target now selling Mac mini

Posted by | Jan 21, 2005 | |

In addition to the iPod and iPod mini, Target is now selling Apple’s new Mac mini. It is not clear whether the low-cost Mac is only available from Target.com or if it will also be in the company’s more than 1,200 stores across the U.S.

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MenuStrip 3.0.2: Take Control of Your Mac OS X Menu Bar

Posted by | Jan 21, 2005 | , |

MenuStrip 3.0.2: Take Control of Your Mac OS X Menu Bar

Palo Alto, CA (PRWEB) January 21, 2005 — MacPowerUser Software is proud to
announce a significant update to MenuStrip 3, our popular menu bar
enhancement and control strip utility for Mac OS X.

New features and improvements in MenuStrip 3.0.2:
– Easily create new shortcuts to applications or documents by simple drag
and drop
– Create new custom drop-down menus quickly by simply dragging a folder or
group of files
– Further substantial improvements in memory and CPU usage
– Quick Launcher tool now has more added intelligence

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GuitarPlug And MicPlug USB Audio Interfaces Available

Posted by | Jan 21, 2005 | , |

GuitarPlug And MicPlug USB Audio Interfaces Available

Hendersonville, TN – January 21, 2005 – MacMice, a divison of DVForge,
Inc. announces that it will begin shipping its new GuitarPlug and
MicPlug plug-in form factor USB audio interfaces on February 10th,
2005.

“We believe that users of Apple’s GarageBand or Logic software demanded
an entirely new approach for connecting instruments and microphones to
the computer, something much smaller and simpler than anything else
that’s available,” said C.J. Sorg, Manager, Music Products for DVForge,
Inc.

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