Some of the best for 1993

The best value in software this year has been upgrades to major applications - PageMaker, Illustrator, Xpress, Photoshop, Quicken, Think C, SuperPaint and Painter. If you use any major application then the best value is an upgrade. 

Here is my selection of some of the essential, clever and just neat products released this year.

Accounting
Best Books.....................................$190 
Quicken 4.0....................................$89 
Simply the best personal and small business accounting software.

CD
A Hard Day's Night CD..........................$62
Iron Helix CD..................................$169
Two well designed CD's with great content.

Communications
Versaterm Pro v5...............................$406
The best set of Internet tools - emulation, telnet, ftp.

Electronic Publishing
Acrobat Exchange Printer Driver - 1 user.......$232
The most accessible serious technology in the coming wave of electronic text publishing strategies. A fundamental emerging technology.

Fonts
Adobe Wild Type Pack - ATM w/14 Decorative.....$70 
FUSE 1/2/3/4/5/6/7 - 4 fonts..............each $90 
KeyFonts 100 TrueType & Postscript.............$99
TypeCase v1/v2 - 130 fonts................each $120
Low cost type collections offer good value collections of Postscript and Truetype fonts.  Adobe's Wild Type is welcome relief from the torrent of bland type and FUSE continues to feature the sharp end of cutting edge digital type design.

Games
Heaven and Earth...............................$69
F/A-18 Hornet..................................$99
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis.........$89
Kings Quest VI.................................$99
Lemmings.......................................$79
Might & Magic III..............................$89
Spectre Supreme................................$99
The best of the small number of new Mac games.

Graphics
Alias Sketch w/Photoshop 2.5 or Illustrator 5..$1,484 
MacroModel 1.5.................................$2,183 
Powerful spline based modelling programs for really big Macs.
GeoCart........................................$1,027
Wonderous map creation program. Xmas for map enthusiasts.
InfiniD 3D v2.5................................$1,619 
Best introduction to 3D modelling, rendering and animation.
RayDream Designer v2...........................$640 
Affordable, quality modelling and rendering.

Graphics Standards
Fontographer 4.0...............................$736 
Illustrator 5.0................................$736 
PageMaker 5.0..................................$1,264
Painter 2.0....................................$230
Photoshop v2.5.................................$993 
SuperPaint 3.5.................................$256 
Xpress 3.2.....................................$1,780
These essential Mac tools have had major upgrades this year. The best!

Graphics Utilities
Aldus Fetch....................................$390 
Best middle of the road image catalogger.
deBabelizer....................................$550 
Powerful bitmap format conversion and batch processing program. Useful.
Kai's Power Tools..............................$230
Essential Photoshop tools from the Guru.
Tree...........................................$585
Another wonderous program that just draws trees.
Working Model..................................$1,486 
Build then export dynamic motion models to 3D animation programs.

Management
Now Up-To-Date.................................$156 
Office Tracker Pro - 5 user....................$784
The best single and multi user scheduling programs.

Networks
Appleshare PC - DOS/Windows....................$305
CoActive Appletalk & File sharing for DOS/Win..$365
DosMounter Plus w/NetMounter...................$124 
There are several ways to share files between  Macs and PCs.
Gracelan Update Manager (Single Zone)..........$416 
A better way to update networked Macs.

Programming
Double XX......................................$300
Application shell that uses Hypercard XCMD's to make applications.
HyperHit Deluxe Multiuser - Free Runtime.......$1,285
Multiuser database backend for Hypercard with royalty free distribution.
HyperStudio....................................$265 
Really cute point and click colour Hypercard clone.
Future Basic...................................$315 
This easiest way to create real Mac programs - not really easy but easier.
Marksman 2.1- Think C/Pascal App Generator.....$275 
The best application shell generator for Think compilers.
PG:Pro - FutureBasic App Generator.............$330 
Make FutureBasic programming even easier.
Symantec C++ 6.0...............................$674 
Think C 6.0....................................$425 
The current standards for Mac programming.
Userland Frontier (AppleEvents Scripting)......$288 
Script your Mac with AppleEvents or Applescript.. Runtime included.

Quicktime
After Effects..................................$1,595
Professional Quicktime editor recently purchased by Aldus.
Morph 2.0......................................$196 
Powerful image transformations.
VideoFusion....................................$874
Essential collection of Quicktime effects and filters.

Utilities
CPU Powerbook Utilities v2.0...................$130 
The best collection of PowerBook utilities.
MacLink Plus/Translators.......................$273 
The only way to translate file formats.
Now Compress...................................$156
Second generation compression program. Use it!
Now Fun........................................$99
Good collection of interior design tools for your Mac.
Retrieve It!...................................$89 
Fast file and file content find utility.
Retrospect Remote 2.0 w/10 user................$648
MacDirect says 'Backup your files'. Do it today.
Square One.....................................$99 
This program launching utility is one of those very simple programs that makes a big difference.
UltraShield....................................$199 
Serious security for your files and your Mac.
UpdateMaker 2..................................$299 
Neat utility that makes difference files for updating large data files.

Hardware

Wacom 6 x 8 Artz ADB w/pen.....................$653
Best pen feel and value. The standard unless you need a large tablet.

Maestro 144FM..................................$599
Banksia PB/Duo 144K Internal FaxData...........$890 
Australian modems offering best prices and good performance.

540Mb Maxtor - MXT540 External.................$2,117
1.0Gb Digital - DSP3105 External...............$2,393
1.2Gb Maxtor - MXT1240 External................$3,175
1.6Gb Digital - DSP3160 External...............$3,118
1.6Gb Segate Barracuda External................$3,514
2.0Gb Digital - DSP3210 External...............$4,350
Very fast, quiet drives. Worth the extra dollars.

Wangtek DAT 4/8G w/DeskTape....................$3,538 
Compression DAT tape drives offer the best large storage value for backup or online storage with Desktape desktop mounting software.

ThunderStorm Deluxe - Photoshop Accel..........$2,168
The effective way to accellerate Photoshop, Painter and Premiere filters. 

Daystar PowerCache Accelerators........various $Call 
Daystar offers the biggest range of options and a unique upgrade policy. 

Roland SC-7 w/Band in a Box & TurboTrax........$694
Neat sound module with 128 instruments for Midi on your Mac.

MediaVision Pro Audio Spectrum NuBus...........$890
CD quality 16bit audio recording and playback.

NEC 3FGe Multisync 15' monitor.................$1,099 
Sony 17' Trinitron Colour Monitor - 1730.......$2,755 
Quality Nec screen supporting 13" and 16" resolutions and excellent Sony Trinitron with 16" and 19" resolutions. Plug compatible with many Macs.

HP LaserJet 4ML w/Postscript Level 2...........$2.100
HP Laserjet 4M 600dpi w/6MB....................$4,695 
QMS 860 A3 600dpi w/12M........................$8,628
HP laserpriners offer the best quality, performance and value in postscript laser printers. For quality A3 printing try the QMS 860.

Special Bundles
Alias Sketch w/Photoshop 2.5 or Illustrator 5..$1,484 

Home Office Solution...........................$174 
Write Now/Quicken/Touchbase/Spectre

MacPac.........................................$176 
AutoDoubler/CopyDoubler/Disklock PB/FastBack Xpress

SuperSet Utilities.............................$231 
Virex 4, Citadel with Shredder, 911 Utilities, ScreenLink and Complete Undelete.

Crossgrades
Crossgrades offer great value. Please call for the requirements for each product. Some require program disks, others a photocopy of the manual front page.
Any Compression Program to Now Compress.......$99
Any Spreadsheet to MS Excel...................$200
Any Database to MS FoxBase....................$230
Any Word Processor to MS Word.................$200
Any Program > $500 to MS Office...............$545
Any Graphics program to Canvas 3..............$298
Any Integrated to Clarisworks.................$129
Any Database to Helix Xpress..................$249
Any WP or DTP to FrameMaker...................$618

MacPaint to Claris Brushstrokes...............$79
MultiAd Search to Aldus Fetch.................$145

Bargains
We have limited numbers of the following programs. 

Greatworks 2.0................................$30
Times Two.....................................$30

CD
Multimedia HanDISC............................$30
Provektor 88 - 3,000 Freehand graphics........$50

Programs
CD Audiostack.................................$50
Cricket Draw III..............................$80
Hypercom......................................$20
HyperX........................................$20
Kais Power Tools Standard.....................$150
More III......................................$400
My Database...................................$25
My LabelDesigner..............................$25
Norton V1 (upgradeable to 2.0)................$70
Ragtime Classic...............................$50
SAM 3.0 (upgradeable to 3.5)..................$50
SnapBack......................................$50
TextScan w/TypeReader OCR.....................$350
Think Pascal 4.0..............................$100

Hardware
AAPS DigiVideo - B/W Nubus TV (old but works).$95
GatorCard E/II Thin (Dayna made)..............$194 
GatorCard E/LC Thin (Dayna made)..............$194 
VideoSpigot IIsi w/Premiere 1.0...............$460

Games
Harpoon Scenario Editor.......................$5
Sim City Graphics Set 1.......................$20
Sim City Graphics Set 2.......................$20
Sim City Terrain Editor.......................$20
Starflight....................................$30
Tracon - Air Traffic Controller game..........$10

System 6 Games
Auto Duel.....................................$35
Kings Bounty..................................$35
Moebis........................................$35
Ogre..........................................$35
Omega.........................................$35
Space Rogue................................,..$35
Ultima III:Exodus.............................$35
WindWalker....................................$35