Stan's List

Adobe has announced Creative Suite 3 (CS3), which the company is spinning as a best of collection of Adobe and Macromedia products. Now we should see a jump in Mac market share.

Here are the application’s bundled and individual prices:

Upgrade is any Creative Studio or Macromedia Studio. A upgrade from CS2 is a further reduced price.

Macromedia Studio 8 Win/Mac, Amazon.com $599.99

Design Standard ($1199/399) (full/upgrade)

* InDesign CS3 ($699/199)
* Photoshop CS3 ($649/199)
* Illustrator CS3 ($599/199)
* Acrobat 8 Professional ($449/159)
* Plus: Bridge, Acrobat Connect, Device Central, Stock Photos, Version Cue

Design Premium ($1799/$599)

* All of Design Standard
* Photoshop CS3 Extended in lieu of Photoshop CS3 ($999/349)
* Flash CS3 Professional ($699/199)
* Dreamweaver CS3 ($399/199)

Web Standard ($999/$399)

* Dreamweaver CS3 ($399/199)
* Flash CS3 Professional ($699/199)
* Fireworks CS3 ($299/149)
* Contribute CS3 ($149/79)
* Plus: Bridge, Acrobat Connect, Device Central, Stock Photos, Version Cue

Web Premium ($1599/$499)

* All of Web Standard
* Photoshop CS3 Extended ($999/349)
* Illustrator CS3 ($599/199)
* Acrobat 8 Professional ($449/159)

Production Premium ($1699/$799)

* After Effects CS3 Professional ($999/299)
* Premiere Pro CS3 ($799/299)
* Photoshop CS3 Extended ($999/349)
* Flash CS3 Professional ($699/199)
* Illustrator CS3 ($599/199)
* Soundbooth CS3 ($199/new app.)
* Encore CS3 (included with Premiere Pro)
* Plus: Bridge, Acrobat Connect, Device Central, Stock Photos, Dynamic Link

Master Collection ($2499/$1399)

* Every application (includes Photoshop CS3 Extended)

Apple has posted a number of articles concerning the Apple TV. I don’t think there has ever been this initial number of articles about a recent release. Are there employees responsible for scanning the web? More …

MacInTouch (3/26) has a more detailed look at each article.

In a study by Symantec’s, it was not quantity, but quality or rather the negative thereof,.that is important. Also, it does not depend on the OS but web browsers, as well. The survey period is between July 1 through December 31, of last year. More …

MacRumors reviews the Apple TV ($299) and that in most aspects considers it mediocre. I wonder if it is because it is being compared to a Netgear EVA8000 ($349), in spite of only working with doorstops, but can search for media anywhere in the C: drive and whose video is topnotch. More …

An initial look with suggestions about connecting and configuring. There are a few limitations, which creates the first “list” of wanted features. More …

A question I have is how to repair any file corruption, when there is no way to attach a keyboard or to enable target mode, even if the startup were to run Disk Utility.

Ports and interfaces

• HDMI (video and audio)
• Component video
• Optical audio
• Analog RCA stereo audio
• 10/100BASE-T Ethernet
• USB 2.0
• 802.11n wireless networking
• Built-in IR receiver (works with included Apple Remote)

Gizmodo is reporting that Apple TV has been hacked already so DiVX videos and movies will play on the set-top box. More …

Apple TV Hard Drive Upgraded to 120GB More …

Techrestore has the first void your warranty photos of the just released Apple TV. There have been some comments about how much tape is used to hold parts and wires. Makes it look like a proof of concept product. More …

As reported, Mac OS X 10.5 is not even in “Final or Gold Master” release. Accordingly, it does not seem logical that Apple would wait to distribute the most available release. That never works. More …

The Apple TV was released supporting just XP (SP2)

It is reported by Taiwan’s Digitimes that Apple is waiting for Boot Camp to be compatible with Vista, which should be in full swing in 12-18 months as users upgrade. Digitimes opines that Apple does not want to miss that market by prematurely releasing Leopard. More …

So, Apple is concerned about loosing one switcher, maybe two? Ok, six! If true, Apple has forgotten about updates.

The National Security Administration cooperates with Apple to produce a security guide (171 page PDF file) that helps most Macs. A ZDNe blog points 8 of what is considered the “key” concepts, with a emphasis toward networks. Keep in mind, if you run as admin, you are running a network, even if you are it’s only member. More …