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Software
News & Opinion
90% of 'Premium' PCs Sold Are Macs
BetaNews's Joe Wilcox says that Windows 7 has done little to slow
the Mac's sales trajectory during fourth quarter, and according to a
source at one of the major market research firms, Apple's US retail
unit share doubled from 5% to 10% for PCs selling between $500 and
$1,000.
Even more startling, says Wilcox, Apple increased its unit share
from 79% to 90% in the market for "premium" PCs, meaning those selling
for more than $1,000. Stated another way: 9 out of 10 premium PCs
purchased from US retail brick-and-mortar stores or online sites
(including major chains and Apple Store) during fourth quarter was a
Mac.
The question remains as to whether Apple can really be effective
taking its premium brand success to the market below $500, which the
iPad will answer, starting in about 60 days.
Link:
Nine Out of 10 Premium-priced PCs Sold at US Retail Is a Mac
Operating System Market Share for January 2010
The gradural erosion of Windows OS market share continued in
January. Five months ago, NetApplications revised the methodology it
uses to tally its HitsLink Market Share statistics to a new system of
weighting the data which now gives more prominence to page views
globally based on the estimated size of each country's Internet
population, rather than focusing mostly on the US and other Western
markets as had previously been the case.
So here's the Operating System Total Market Share rundown of the
significant players for January 2010, based on the new calculating
methodology (December '09 figures in parentheses) showing the change
during the past month. The the Mac OS is gaining again after slipping a
tiny bit in December, and Windows dropped a bit. JavaME has edged the
iPhone OS out of fourth place for the past two months, the iPod touch
gains two-tenths of a point, and Android's share is up a smidge over
December. (The combines iPhone/iPod touch share would hold fourth
place, if NetApplications didn't separate them.)
Windows 92.00 (92.21%)- Mac 5.16 (5.11%)
- Linux 1.02% (1.02%)
- JavaME 0.59% (0.53%)
- iPhone 0.48% (0.44%)
- Symbian 0.24% (0.23%)
- iPod touch 0.11% (0.09%)
- Windows Mobile 0.07% (0.06%)
- Android 0.06% (0.05% )
- Playstation 0.05% (0.04%)
- BlackBerry 0.03% (0.03%)
- Palm 0.01% (0.01%)
- FreeBSD 0.01% (0.01% )
- SunOS 0.01% (0.01%)
In terms of specific OS versions, Windows 7 gains nearly two points
in a single month while Windows XP and Vista fade, and Snow Leopard has
now doubled Tiger's share:
- Windows:
- Windows XP 66.15% (67.77%)
- Windows Vista 17.47% (17.48%)
- Windows 7 7.57% (5.71 %)
- Windows 2000 0.57% (0.62)
- Windows NT 0.11% (0.10)
- Windows 98 0.08% (0.09%)
- Windows ME 0.05% (0.05%)
- Macintosh:
- Mac OS X 10.5 2.37% (2.47%)
- MacOS X 10.6 1.80% (1.60%)
- Mac OS X 10.4 0.77% (0.80%)
- iPhone 0.48% (0.53%)
- Mac OS X (no version reported) 0.17% (0.19)
- iPod 0.11% (0.09%)
- Mac OS X Mach-O 0.05% (0.06%)
- Linux 1.02% (1.00%)
Link:
Operating System Market Share by Platform
Link:
Operating System Market Share by OS Version
Browser Market Share for January 2010
Turning to browsers, Internet Explorer is still losing ground, but
somewhat slower, presumably due to Windows 7 growth. Firefox browser
slipped a bit more and remains just shy of one-quarter of the browser
market, while Safari gained a tiny bit in January, but still stays
bumped to fourth place behind surging Chrome, which now has a Mac
public beta out. Opera is hanging in at fifth, basically static while
Opera Mini remains the 6th place browser.
Browser Total Market Share (December '09 figures in
parentheses)
Microsoft Internet Explorer - 62.12% (62.69%)- Firefox - 24.43% (24.61)
- Chrome - 5.22% (4.63%)
- Safari 4.53% (4.46%)
- Opera - 2.38% (2.40%)
- Opera Mini - 0.59% (0.53%)
- Netscape - 0.36% (0.32)
- Mozilla - 0.14% (0.13%)
- Konqueror - 0.03% (0.04%)
Link: Browser
Market Share
Google Chrome Browser to Become Leader of the
Pack
PC Mag's Lance Ulanoff notes that Google Chrome's market share
numbers are skyrocketing, blowing past Safari and Opera to become the
number three most-widely-used Web browser - and he doesn't think it's
going to stop there, fully expecting Chrome to overtake Firefox and
challenge, if not beat, Microsoft Internet Explorer sometime in the
next five years.
Editor's note: Ulanoff is preaching to the chior with me. I bacame a
Chrome convert about the first hour after downloading a developer
preview a couple of months ago, and it's now sharing duty about 50-50
with Opera 10 as my general purpose browser of first resort.
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Other editor's note: Google Chrome is not available for PowerPC Macs
or Mac OS X 10.4 users. The Mac version requires OS X 10.5 or
newer on an Intel-based Mac. dk
Link: Google's Web
Browser Is About to Make the Leap from Upstart to Leader of the
Pack
Popularity, Not Problems, Caused iMac Delays
The Register's Rik Myslewski reports:
"Apple says that the shipment delays of its top-of-the-line 27-inch iMacs aren't because it
has halted production while it works to correct the big boy's display
problems. The real reason for the delays? 'The 27-inch iMac has been a
huge hit with customers and we are working to increase supply to meet
up with strong demand,' the company says.
"Myslewski adds that Apple's statement about its latest firmware fix
doesn't mention a fix for the iMac's yellow-tinged display, lamented in
a separate discussion thread that as of Wednesday had 655 posts."
Link: Apple:
Popularity, Not Problems, Caused iMac Delays
Second 27" iMac Update Fixes Flickering for Most
Users, but Not All
Computerworld's Gregg Keizer reports that Apple's second firmware
update for 27" iMacs seems to have fixed the flickering display
problems, according to most users' reports on the company's support
forum, but a minority still maintain that the update did not stop their
screens from flickering.
Link:
Most Users Report Second iMac Update Fixes Flickering, but Don't Bet on
It, Others Warn
2009 Mac Pros Dedicate 20% of Power to Audio
Processing
Gizmodo reports that while the latest and greatest Nehalem-based Xeon Mac Pros are
the fastest Apple computers you can buy, they seem to have a serious
problem when processing audio, a task that sucks 20% of its power while
making the processors overheat.
Link:
Nehalem Mac Pros Have Serious Problems with Audio Processing
Intel 6-core i7-powered Mac Pro Rumored for
February
Appleinsider's Sam Oliver says:
"Intel's new Core i7-980X and Core i7-970 six-core desktop
processors are set to debut in March, but could see an early release on
Apple's Mac Pro systems in a matter of weeks, according to a new
report."
Link:
Intel 6-core i7-powered Mac Pro Rumored to Launch This Month
Apple Updates
New 27" iMac Display Firmware Update Released
The 27-inch iMac Display Firmware Update 1.0 updates the display
firmware on 27-inch iMac systems to address issues that may cause
intermittent display flickering.
For detailed information about this update, visit https://support.apple.com/kb/TS3207
- File Size: 294 KB
- System Requirements: Mac OS X
Link: 27-inch iMac Display Firmware
Update 1.0
Tech Trends
Install and Use Mac Fonts with Ubuntu
Blogger jun auza says
"If you have used a Macintosh before and want to know if you could
install those Mac fonts like AppleGaramond, Aquabase, LITHOGRL, Lucida
Grande, Lucida Mac, lucon, and MacGrand on you Ubuntu Linux desktop,
then rejoice because you easily could. Just follow these simple steps
on installing and then using Mac fonts on Ubuntu...."
Link:
How to Install and Use Mac Fonts on Ubuntu
Products & Services
Samsung 2 TB Eco-friendly Drives for
High-performance Desktop Systems
PR: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. has announced the F3EG, its
new high-performance environmentally-friendly HDD (hard disk drive) for
the desktop market. The EcoGreen™ F3EG, a higher capacity model
from its predecessor the F2EG, features 2TB capacity with 500GB per
platter that is capable of storing up to 880 hours of DVD video or
500,000 or more songs in MP3 format. With increased recording density,
the EcoGreen F3 drive is more power efficient by supporting a capacity
up to 2TB with four disks.
The F3EG delivers all the benefits of a low-power drive yet features
high performance and is environmentally friendly.
Storage-hungry multimedia professionals, gamers and home PC users
continue to increase the amount of video, music, photo and other
personal data they store and back-up, said In Cheol Park, vice
president, Storage Sales, Samsung Electronics. The F3EG delivers all
the benefits of a low-power drive yet features high performance and is
environmentally friendly.
The F3EG utilizes Samsung's EcoTriangle™ technology to provide
eco-friendly components, low-power and low-noise operation technology
to its EcoGreen hard drives.
Eliminating halogen compound and brominated flame retardant from the
PCBA, the new model is produced with eco-friendly materials and meets
all the environmental regulations including RoHS (Restriction of the
Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic
Equipment) which is being applied worldwide as well as the European
Union.
Samsung's new hard drive utilizes its low noise operation technology
SilentSeek™ and NoiseGuard™ to achieve a quiet operation
system.
In addition, with its advanced design and fewer components, the F3EG
drive is 40% lower in power consumption in idle mode and 10% lower in
reading/writing mode than competitive drives. The drive received a zero
percent failure rate in the unstable voltage environment test.
The EcoGreen™ Series has been selected as the best-in-class in
the area of power consumption for two straight years by IDEMA Japan
(International Disk Drive Equipment and Materials Association) in the
performance comparison test of HDDs.
The F3EG incorporates a 3.0Gbps SATA interface, Native Command
Queuing features and a 16MB/32MB buffer memory. The 3.5 F3EG drive is
available in 1.5TB and 2TB capacities in the United States and EU
markets with a MSRP of $179.99.
Link:
Samsung Spinpoint F3
NEC MultiSync PA Series Debuts with 24" Display
for Professional Graphics
PR: NEC Display Solutions of America announces the new
MultiSync PA Series, successor to the critically acclaimed MultiSync 90
Series, by introducing the MultiSync PA241W. Designed for professional
graphics applications, this 24-inch desktop display is ideal for
digital photography, video editing, print production, and any
environment in which color accuracy is crucial.
NEC's MultiSync PA Series is a flagship desktop monitor family
that carries market leadership in the color, medical and professional
industries
The PA241W continues the MultiSync 90 Series tradition of delivering
crisp, accurate images while adding improved color coverage, sleeker
industrial design and enhanced connectivity. The display features 102%
coverage of NTSC and 99.3% of Adobe RGB, an increase from 72% in the
MultiSync LCD2490WUXi. With a 38% smaller footprint size, the display
provides users with more desktop space and decreased costs in shipping
and storage. Improved cable management enables simpler setup of the
monitor, while its new 10-bit DisplayPort and USB hub add to an already
diverse set of input connectors.
NEC's MultiSync PA Series is a flagship desktop monitor family that
carries market leadership in the color, medical and professional
industries, said Art Marshall, Product Manager at NEC Display
Solutions. The MultiSync PA241W, the first model in this series,
focuses on both workflow productivity and color accuracy, with the aim
to improve upon the success of the MultiSync 90 Series. Users that
require a reliable display for color precision will want to take
advantage of the sophisticated technologies used in the MultiSync PA
Series, starting with the PA241W.
Below is a partial list of features included in the MultiSync
PA241W:
1920 x 1200 native resolution in 16:10 aspect ratio- 10-bit IPS LCD panel with 14-bit lookup table, which increases
color depth to more than one-billion possible colors
- 360 cd/m brightness
- 1000:1 contrast ratio
- 102% coverage of NTSC and 99.3% coverage of Adobe RGB
- Improved connectivity with 10-bit DisplayPort, DVI-D with HDCP and
USB hub
- Improved cable management and smaller stand size
- Ergonomic stand with tilt, swivel, height-adjust and pivot
- DisplaySync Pro, which controls two computers with only one
keyboard and mouse
- 3D lookup table, which enables accurate representation of
hard-to-match color spaces
- ICC profile emulation, which loads ICC color profiles to accurately
support manufacturer color spaces
- Color Vision Emulation, which allows a quick preview of colors that
emulate color vision problems
- Ambient light sensor and automatic backlight adjustment for use in
any lighting condition
- Carbon footprint meter, which allows users to easily track carbon
savings
The MultiSync PA241W is available for shipment with an estimated
street price of $1,079 and ships with a 4-year parts and labor
warranty, including the backlight. Additional models in the MultiSync
PA Series will be announced throughout 2010, including models with the
award-winning SpectraViewII™ Color Calibration Solution.
Link:
NEC MultiSync PA Series
Calisto Bluetooth Headset Savings from MacSpeech
Continue until Feb. 19
PR: Last month, MacSpeech offered $30 savings on the
Plantronics Calisto Headset with Bluetooth USB Adapter, which weighs
less than an ounce and lets you roam up to 33 feet away from your Mac.
It was so successful they've decided to keep it going. Between now and
February 19, you'll save $50 when you buy your Calisto headset by
itself or with any version of MacSpeech Dictate. Simply enter the
coupon code CALISTO30 at check-out to get the discount.
The Calisto headset features up to eight hours of talk time and 240
hours of standby time, and it doubles as a multi-point device so you
can pair it with another Bluetooth device, such as a cell phone. That's
perfect if you live in a state that requires hands-free cell phone use
while driving.
Offer available only in the US. Purchases must be made through the
MacSpeech web site.
Link:
MacSpeech
Software
Puppy Linux Distro Available for PowerPC Macs
PR: Puppy Linux is a special build of Linux meant to make
computing easy and fast.
Puppy Linux also enables you to save money while doing more work,
even allowing you to do magic by recovering data from destroyed PCs or
by removing malware from Windows.
With Puppy Linux, you can carry your programs and data anywhere.
- Easy - Just use a CD or USB flash to boot a PC. Puppy Linux
is downloadable as ISO, an image that can be burned to CD or DVD.
- Fast - Because Puppy is small, it can live in your PC's
memory and be ready to quickly execute your commands, whereas in other
systems, programs are first read from drive storage before being
executed.
- Save Money - Even if your PC has no hard disk (ex, broken
hard disk), you can still boot Puppy via CD or USB and continue
working. Old PCs that no longer work with new systems will still work
good-as-new with Puppy.
- Do More - Puppy boots in less than a minute, even in old
PCs, and it does not require antivirus software. Administering Puppy is
quick and minimal. With Puppy, you just have to take care of your data,
which you can easily save to USB flash (Then forget about your
operating system!). Your data can be read by other computers.
- Do Magic - Help your friends suffering from computer malware
by booting Puppy and removing malware from their PC (use antivirus that
is built-in or can be installed in Puppy). Example - bad Autorun.inf is
easily removed by Puppy (Just delete it as well as its companion exe
program). If your friend thinks that she has lost data from her
corrupted hard disk, boot Puppy and try saving her data!
- Carry Anywhere (Portable) - Because Puppy is able to live in
CD/DVD or USB flash, as well as save data to these same devices, you
can carry your programs and data with you.
Are you now ready for Puppy? Keep these important reminders before
using Puppy:
- You don't have to install Puppy (to hard disk) to use it. Simply
burn the ISO to CD/DVD and boot the PC or laptop with it. Once booted,
you can then install it to USB flash (see the Setup menu), so you can
use it for booting the PC when a CD is not available.
- You don't have to save data to hard drive to work with Puppy. You
can save data to USB flash or even to Internet storage (like
www.drop.io ). When installed to USB flash, Puppy consumes only a
little over 100 MB, or about 256 MB with OpenOffice. You can use the
same USB flash (where Puppy is installed) for saving data.
How is Puppy Different?
- Small size, ~100MB! This lends itself to some very useful and
unique features.
- 'Live' booting from CDs, DVDs, USB flash drives, and other portable
media.
- Runs from RAM, making it unusually fast even in old PCs and in
netbooks with solid state storage media.
- Very low minimum system requirements.
- Boot time is well under a minute, 30-40 seconds in most
systems.
- Includes a wide range of applications: wordprocessors,
spreadsheets, internet browsers, games, image editors and many
utilities. Extra software in the form of dotpets. There is a GUI Puppy
Software Installer included.
- Puppy is easy to use and little technical knowledge is assumed.
Most hardware is automatically detected.
What are Puppy's Aims?
Puppy Linux Mission Statement (Adapted from Barry Kauler):
- Puppy will easily install to USB, Zip, hard drive, or other storage
media.
- Booting from CD (or DVD), Puppy can load itself totally into RAM so
that the CD (DVD) drive is then free for other purposes.
- Booting from DVD (or CD), Puppy can save all work to the DVD
(CD).
- Booting from USB flash drive (or other flash media), Puppy will
minimize writes to extend its life.
- Puppy will be extremely friendly for Linux newbies.
- Puppy will boot up and run extraordinarily fast.
- Puppy will have all the applications needed for daily use.
- Puppy will just work, no hassles.
- Puppy will breathe new life into old PCs.
- Puppy will load and run totally in RAM for diskless thin
stations.
Barry Kauler is chief developer who leads the development of
official releases, the latest being version 4.3. Community Editions
(official CE versions) are run by project leaders, the recent 4.2/4.2.1
version was run by Warren Willson (whodo). Projects are run by
individuals or groups and posted/discussed in the Forum. Because Puppy
is both flexible and fast, it can set up an organization as required
for a given aim.
Puppy is covered by the GPL/LGPL license.
Puppy Linux was first released in June 2003 by Barry Kauler The
community that later developed is completely open, without any formal
agenda or structure. It often takes newcomers a while to realise that,
other than being friendly, there aren't really any rules to Puppy. If
you want to do something, make a new Puplet, offer your skills or take
things in a new direction, just do so and be surprised that support
will be around. However, questions will be asked so be ready to defend
your ideas.
Puppy Linux will run on Intel Macs
For PPC Macs there is this PowerPup, a project to port Puppy to PPC
Macs!
Link: PowerPup
STOIK PanoramaMaker: Fast and Easy Way to Create
Panoramic Photos on Mac
PR: STOIK Imaging has announced the availability of STOIK
PanoramaMaker for Mac: The famous Windows panorama making tool is now
available for Mac.
360° panorama created with PanoramaMaker.
STOIK PanoramaMaker for Mac is fast and convenient way to
automatically create horizontal, vertical, 360-degree and tiled
panoramic photos on Mac.
Literally all of the existing solutions fail to render the
image properly when a moving object gets in the picture: blurred or
misshapen images ruin the shot. STOIK PanoramaMaker for Mac has a
special algorithm (Object-Preserving Blending), which makes allowance
for that issue and stitches the exposures error-free. Among available
features are lens and geometrical compensation, manual matching of
images. Minimizing uneven brightness, double-edge defect and curves in
the picture are the application's commons.
The workflow takes only three steps: adding images, selecting the
stitching mode, and obtaining the result. The automatic image
transformation, alignment and color blending are optimized to correct
differences in brightness, color balance, and camera tilt angle.
The application automatically assembles horizontal, vertical,
360º and tiled panoramas. The new version also adds the automatic
creation of tiled panorama from several rows of photos or a panorama
from photos taken with different camera focal length. In complex cases,
the images can be assembled and stitched manually.
System Requirements
- Mac OS X 10.4, 10.5, 10.6
- PowerPC or Intel Mac
- 100 MB free hard drive space required for program installation
- 512 MB DDR RAM or above
$39 for a single-user license. Further information on the product,
as well as its 30-days fully functional trial version, is available at
STOIK PanoramaMaker for Mac product page.
Link: STOIK PanoramaMaker for
Mac
Unified Color Technologies Launches Mac Version of
HDR PhotoStudio Software
PR: The only high dynamic range software capable of editing
and rendering images in the full 32-bit color scheme extends its
creative toolbox to Mac users
Unified Color Technologies, experts in high dynamic range imaging
(HDR), announced that its hallmark software application, HDR
PhotoStudio, is now also available for Mac operating systems. Powered
by Unified Color's next-generation color model, Beyond RGB™, HDR
PhotoStudio is the only solution capable of creating realistic-looking
HDR images that unlock the full range of color as perceived by human
vision.
HDR PhotoStudio provides photographers with complete control over
the colors within an image and a comprehensive toolbox to address the
effects of merging multiple exposures, while simultaneously improving
workflow. Available for immediate download through
http://www.unifiedcolor.com, the Mac version of HDR PhotoStudio is
being offered for an introductory price of $99 throughout the month of
February, which represents a savings of over $50.
"In response to requests from photographers, we are excited to
introduce HDR PhotoStudio to the Mac faithful," said Alfred Zee, CEO of
Unified Color Technologies. "With HDR PhotoStudio, Mac users can
finally produce full-color HDR images that they envision, without
concern that their dynamic range or colors will be clipped or shifted
by applications constrained by traditional narrow gamut color models.
With our technology, photographers can unlock the full color spectrum
while preserving a realistic look and feel to their images."
HDR PhotoStudio's unique 32-bit floating-point technology and Beyond
RGB color space is the only HDR-capable software which can accurately
depict and edit all the colors the human visual system can recognize.
Most other offerings are forced to reduce image quality to bring an HDR
photo into a color range it can manage, often losing image data and
clipping the full scope of colors in the process. While the current
evolution of HDR photography has been dominated by oversaturated and
unnatural-looking images, mainly due to these software limitations, HDR
PhotoStudio enables photographers to unlock their complete photographic
vision enables by creating the most true-to-life look for HDR
images.
HDR PhotoStudio also offers a comprehensive tool set that addresses
some of the common difficulties in HDR photography, including Unified
Color's unique halo reduction slider to fight the notorious haloing
problem of HDR images, a patented HDR noise reduction technique, the
unique Veiling Glare adjustment designed to cut down on the image haze
from compounding lens glare, a Color Tone Equalizer allowing
simultaneous management of saturation in six basic color channels, and
a customizable recipe button to save macros.
HDR PhotoStudio supports Unified Color's native BEF file format
which enables the most efficient HDR image compression in the industry
so photographers can easily manage and archive the large resulting
files. An included BEF-converting Photoshop plug-in, enables the
finalized HDR image to then be applied to a Photoshop project. HDR
PhotoStudio also supports the RAW files from all the major camera
manufacturers as well as TIF, JPEG, BMP and OpenEXR formats.
System Requirements: Intel Macintosh 2.5 GHz dual core CPU with 2GB
minimum RAM (4GB is recommended) running Mac OS X 10.5.x (Leopard)
or Mac OS X 10.6.2 (Snow Leopard).
For more information on HDR PhotoStudio or to download a free trial,
go to the Unified Color website.
Link: HDR
PhotoStudio
maComfort Brings Mac Experience to
Windows
PR: Never miss the comfort of Mac while using Windows again.
Works on Windows 9x, ME, XP, Vista, and 7
maComfort brings the Mac-experience to Windows, and makes it feel
like a Mac.
Especially designed for users of both Operating Systems, which often
change between Windows and Mac will love this app: It emulates the mac
key combinations for example, so that you will never have to adapt.
Just keep using Apple-Q to quit and Apple-C to copy - no need to
re-adapt to Ctrl-C!
But there is much more to maComfort: You have now access to great
mac features like Quicklook: Just select any file in Windows Explorer
and hit space - and there's your Quicklook window.
Also on board are other features like active corners. Just adapt
your settings and when hitting a screen corner with your mouse it will
do the selected action. Other mac-like features include Spaces, which
brings virtual desktops to Windows in a great new way. Have up to 9
virtual desktops.
To not get bored there is a theming system, so you can change the
looks of the application. There's heaps more to discover, so try the
free version now.
And with the plug-in system there is no need to worry: The
possibilities are endless.
Features:
Quicklook
With maComfort you can preview files like you would on Mac. Just hit
space and a preview of the file will be shown.
Spaces
Intuitive virtual desktops with easy switching.
Mac Hotkeys
No need to re-adapt to Windows hotkeys. The Windows-key now works
like Command - in any application! F. e. just use Command-T to open a
new Tab in Firefox.
Active Corners
Program the screen corners to toggle a specific action.
Mac Key Combinations
Using Command-D often to duplicate a file in Finder? Now, all of the
most known key combinations can be used on Windows
Sound Control
Easily set any keys to control your audio. For example have F3, F4
and F5 toggle and controlling sound. Useful if drivers don't work
correctly or you have another keyboard attached.
Skinning System
The flexible skinning system allows you to completely customize the
look of maComfort. Either create you own theme or select one of many
downloadable on this website.
Plug-Ins
With the built-in plug-in system you can adapt your personal
Mac-experience on Windows even more
So, what is maComfort exactly?
maComfort is a background process usually starting automatically
with Windows which enhances the overall usability of Windows. It was
specifically designed for frequent Mac users.
If you happen to often switch between Mac and PC (for example if you
have a PC at work and a Mac at home) you will know the problem: You
select a file and hit 'space' but nothing happens. You press the 'alt'
or 'windows' key instead of 'ctrl'. Ever hit 'windows'-C instead of
'ctrl'-C?
With maComfort, all of these problems are gone. It's no longer up to
you to adapt to the computer you're using, but rather to maComfort to
solve all your issues.
It will emulate nearly all Mac OS hotkeys and key combinations on a
Windows PC, let you use great features such as virtual desktops or
Quicklook and is even customisable.
You will still benefit from Quicklook, Spaces, active corners and
much more. If you like to have a mac feeling - perfect. If you don't -
just use another skin, maybe the one perfectly integrating to
Windows.
Pricing:
Standard
- No more restrictions. Up to nine virtual desktops.
- Complete theme system: Download and add more themes.
- Complete plug-in system: More features to customize your
experience.
- Standard Support: All support types; reply often within 24
hours.
- €15/$20
Premium
- Complete theme system: Download and add more themes.
- Complete plug-in system: More features to customize your
experience.
- Premium Updates: More frequent updates (smaller patches)
- Premium access: Premium subscribers get updates first.
- Beta access: Get a look at new versions before anyone else.
- Premium Support: Quick replies, advanced handling, feature
requests.
- €45/$60
Link: maComfort
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