•         Adobe Premiere 4.0 is now shipping. The $795 (US.) application, offering  such new features as a Trimming window, true NTSC frame rate support, time-
variable filters and unattended batch processing, includes both Macintosh and 
Power Macintosh versions on both high-density disks and CD. Upgrades from 
version 3.0 of Premiere are $79 (US.), while upgrades from versions 1.0 and 
2.0 of Premiere are $129 (US.).

•         Global Village has reduced the American price on the PowerPort/Gold 14.4k fax modem for the PowerBook 100 series. The new US. SRP is $299, down from $349. A similar price drop is expected in Canada, but no new pricing was available at press time.

•         Apple’s Starcore software division recently announced three new applications  for the Newton platform: the new spreadsheet program Equate ($89.95 US.) which 
allows importing and exporting of data from Excel; Zagat’s Guide to Top US. Hotels 
and Restaurants ($69.95 US.) which contains over 1,500 entries for 26 business 
and vacation destinations; and the Maltin Film Guide ($69.95 US.), an application 
which helps the film enthusiast choose movie rentals.

•         Ray Dream Designer 3.0 for Power Macintosh will now ship FREE with any DayStar Digital PowerPro 601 PowerPC upgrade card for ‘040 Macintoshes, providing what Ray Dream and DayStar hope is an attractive PowerPC-based three-dimensional imaging solution for graphics professionals.

•         Claris has introduced ClarisDraw for both Macintosh and Power Mac- intosh platforms. The new application, which is an upgrade from MacDraw 
Pro, sports over 75 new features such as 24-bit color painting, text to 
bezier conversion and over 2,400 piece of clip art. US. suggested retail 
pricing is $399, with upgrades from MacDraw Pro priced at $89 (US.) until November.

In a separate announcement, Claris announced the Power Macintosh version of its popular word processor. MacWrite Pro 1.5 for Power Macintosh has a special promotional price of $99 (US.) until January 1st, 1995, when it will carry and SRP of $249 (US.). Upgrades from previous versions of MacWrite Pro are $29 (US.)

•         Wacom has introduced ArtPad, a 4” x 5” graphics tablet with 256 levels of pressure sensitivity. The serial version of the ArtPad will ship immediately for both Macintosh and Windows platforms, and has an estimated retail price of $149 (US.). An ADB (Apple DeskTop Bus) version will ship for Macintosh later this year. 

•         Aldus and Altsys have settled their legal disputes over FreeHand 4.0. The rights and  code of the illustration program will revert back to Altsys (FreeHand’s original devel-
oper) next July, when the current licensing agreement between Aldus and Altsys expires.

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Apple Canada Bits:

•          Apple Canada product pricing update 
       (all prices are approximate and in Canadian dollars):
              LC 630 with 8MB RAM/250 HD: $1950 
              LC 630 with 8MB RAM/350 HD/CD: $2375
              Apple Video System: $220 
              Apple TV/Video System: $365 
              Apple Presentation System: $435
              Apple 15” Multiple Scan Display: $725  
              System 7.5 (either high-density disks or CD, to ship September): $145

•         Apple Canada has changed the CD-ROM equipped configuration of the LC 575. Instead of shipping with a 160 MB hard drive, the package will now ship with a 250MB hard drive. Back 
to school promotional pricing for the 8MB RAM/250HD/CD system is approximately $2775.

•         Canadian Mac users anxious to log onto Apple’s new online service won't  
have to wait much longer. e•World will make its Canadian debut September 1st.

•         If you’re thinking about buying an Apple Extended Keyboard II or an Apple Adjustable Keyboard, you better hurry to your nearest electronics superstore. Apple Canada has dis- continued the Adjustable Keyboard, and the life span of the Extended II seems to be drawing to a close. There is currently only a $20-$30 between the Extended II and the AppleDesign key- boards, and Apple has stated that the French Extended II is EOL (end of life). This will leave the ill-received AppleDesign Keyboard as the only Apple brand keyboard choice.

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