Year: 2006

Mireth releases MacVCD X 4.5.3 for Intel-based Macs

Mireth Technology has released a Universal Binary version of its Mac OS X video player software. MacVCD X 4.5.3 will now run natively on both Mac PowerPC and on the new Intel-based Macs under Mac OS X. “MacVCD X provides playback of all major video formats on both Mac Power PC and on the new Intel Mac, running natively for optimal performance. And with my new Intel iMac I get both the big screen playback I want and the speed I need for video playback without artifacting,” said Donna Johnson, President of Mireth Technology.

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OWC lowers prices on its Mercury Elite Raid solutions

Other World Computing (OWC) today announced that it is lowering prices on the award-winning Mercury Elite-AL Pro RAID FireWire 800 models. “The sleek external aluminum storage solutions utilize the Oxford 912 Chipset and the leading hard disk mechanisms on the market to provide reliable, high performance storage. All Mercury Elite-AL models are EMC/Dantz Backup Certified.” New pricing is as follows:

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Apple expected to sell 10 million Macs this year

A story today on Macworld UK notes that Far East computer makers expect Apple to sell as many as 10 million Macintosh systems this year. “The company sold 4,534 million Macs in its 2005 financial year. It shipped 1,254,000 Macs in the first quarter of its 2006 financial year. The estimates indicate hope that Apple may even double its industry market share, with sales driven by the iPod halo and the move to its faster Intel architecture.”

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