New and Noteworthy: CodeWeavers planning Windows application environment on Intel-based Macs; Macromedia drops FreeHand from sui

CodeWeavers planning Windows application environment on Intel-based Macs CodeWeavers, makers of software that enables Windows applications to run natively on Linux, has announced that it plans to create an environment for running Windows applications on Intel-based Mac systems. A press release says "Despite the fact that both CrossOver Office and Apple's Mac OS are built atop Unix, CrossOver Office has been restricted to Linux because CrossOver Office requires Intel CPUs for optimal operation. Currently, Apple desktops use IBM PowerPC chipsets exclusively. [...] Due to Apple Computer's recent announcement that it will be moving to Intel x86 chips for its Macintosh PC products next year, CodeWeavers looks forward to making CrossOver Office available for Windows-to-Mac application porting in 2006." CodeWeavers is the primary corporate backer of The Wine Project, the well-known open source initiative to re-implement the Win32 API under Unix. More.

Macromedia drops FreeHand from bundle CNET reports that FreeHand, Macromedia's popular illustration tool, has been omitted from the company's upcoming developer suite, dubbed Studio 8. "Macromedia executives cited 'extensive research with our customers' as the reason behind the decision, and not its impending acquisition by Adobe Systems--which current sells a competing product called Illustrator. Adobe announced in April that it would buy Macromedia for $3.4 billion." More.

2.0 GHz G4 upgrade ships PowerLogix today announced immediate availability of the 2.0 gigahertz (GHz) Single Processor PowerForce G4 7447A processor upgrade card. The 2.0 GHz PowerForce G4 7447A utilizes the FreeScale PowerPC 7447A and includes 512K of on-board L2 cache. It is immediately available for $399 from Other World Computing. More.

Previously on MacFixIt:

• Quicken 2006: Unexpected quits at launch resolved
• Mighty Mouse: Problems with horizontal/diagonal scrolling
• Mac OS X 10.4.2 (#15): New version of Disk Utility can fix "overlapped extent allocation" errors; more

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