November 22nd, 1999

[8:30 AM] Macworld Magazine Announces 1999 Eddy Award Finalists by Staff Macworld Magazine last week announced the finalists for the 15th Annual Editors Choice Award, or Eddys. The Eddys honor the best of the best in various categories of the Macintosh universe. This years finalists represent an outstanding array of hardware and software, and serve as further evidence the Mac platform has outstanding support key industry players. This year's Eddy Award Finalists are listed below: Category Product Price Company 3-D Graphics Software Amorphium $150 Play MetaCreations Canoma 1.0 $499 ** MetaCreations MetaCreations Poser 4 $299 ** MetaCreations Acceleration Hardware ATI Rage Orion $199 ATI Technologies ProFormance 3 $259 * Formac Electronic XLR8 CarrierZIF $179 XLR8 Division of Interex Audio Software BarbaBatch 3.0 $395 MacSourcery Cubase VST 4.1 $399 Steinberg WaveBurner 1.0 $199 Emagic Consumer Hardware IntelliMouse Explorer $75 Microsoft Palm IIIe $179 ** Palm Computing WOW Thing $30 * SRS Labs Cross-Platform Utility Software Dave 2.5 $149 Thursby Software Systems PC MacLAN for Windows 95/98 version 7.2 $199 Miramar Systems Virtual PC 3.0 $179 Connectix Data-Management Software DeltaGraph 4.5 for Macintosh $299 SPSS MYOB Accounting Plus 8 $199 MYOB US Viz!on $150 Data Description Digital Camera Coolpix 950 $999 * Nikon, Inc. Kodak DC265 zoom digital camera $899 Eastman Kodak Company Olympus C-2500L SLR $1499 * Olympus America Digital Video Software Adobe After Effects 4.1 $689 Adobe Systems Commotion 2.1 $25 Puffin Designs Final Cut Pro 1.0.1 $999 ** Apple Computer Display Apple Studio Display (17") $499 * Apple Computer Apple Studio Display (21") $1499 * Apple Computer Radius Artica Flat Panel Display $2795 * Miro Displays Educational Software Reader Rabbit's Complete Learn to Read System $70 The Learning Company Thinkin' Things: All Around FrippleTown $30 Edmark Uncle Albert's Magical Album $30 VTechSoft Game Falcon 4.0 $50 MacSoft Myth II: Soulblighter $49 Bungie Software Products StarCraft $50 Blizzard Entertainment Graphics Software Canvas 7 $375 * Deneba Software MetaCreations Painter 6 $399 ** MetaCreations Studio Artist 1.1 $295 ** Synthetik Software Internet Client Software Anarchie 3.6.2 $35 Stairways Shareware Eudora Pro 4.2.1 $50 Qualcomm Microsoft Outlook Express 5 Macintosh Edition free Microsoft Internet Server Software LinuxPPC 1999 Q3 $32 LinuxPPC QuickTime Streaming Server free Apple Computer WebSTAR Server Suite 4.0 $599 StarNine Technologies MP3 Product AudioCatalyst 2.01 $30 Xing Technology Rio 500 $270 ** Diamond Multimedia Systems SoundJam MP 1.1.1 $50 Casady & Greene Network Hardware OneWorld OfficePort Network Communication Appliance $1899 * OneWorld Systems Snap! Server (40GB) $1799 * Quantum SonicWall PRO $2995 * Sonic Wall Network Utility EtherPeek 4.0 $995 AG Group IPNetRouter 1.4.3.3 $89 ** Sustainable Softworks netOctopus 3.5 $65 Netopia Printer/Imaging Device BJC-6000 $199 * Canon Computer Systems Inc. Brother MFC-8600 $599 * Brother International HP DeskJet 970Cxi $399 * Hewlett-Packard Productivity Software FastTrack Schedule 6.03 $199 AEC Software Job Manager 2.0 $3699 MetaCommunications MacInTax Deluxe 98 $50 Intuit Publishing Software Adobe Acrobat 4.0 $249 ** Adobe Systems Adobe InDesign 1.0 $699 * Adobe Systems PhotoScripter 1.0 $299 Main Event Software Science/Engineering Software Mathematica 4 $1495 Wolfram Research VectorWorks 8.0.1 $895 Diehl Graphsoft Vellum Solids 99 $3995 Ashlar. Storage Hardware Spressa USB Plus CRX100E/X2 $329 * Sony Electronics TurboMax $129 ProMax Technology USB CameraMate $89 * Microtech International Utility Software Action Utilities Collection $90 Power On Software DiskWarrior 1.1 $70 Alsoft Timbuktu Pro 5.2.1 $100 Netopia Web Authoring Software Adobe GoLive 4.0 Software $276 Adobe Systems BBEdit 5.1.1 $119 Bare Bones Software Macromedia Dreamweaver 2 $299 * Macromedia Web Graphics Software Adobe Photoshop 5.5 with ImageReady 2.0 $610 Adobe Systems Macromedia Fireworks 2 $199 * Macromedia Macromedia Flash 4 $299 * Macromedia Web Video Software Electrifier Pro 1.02 $395 Electrifier Media Cleaner Pro 4 $499 ** Terran Interactive QuickTime 4 Pro $30 ** Apple Computer   * = company estimated price  ** = direct price You can find more information about the Eddy Awards at the Macworld Magazine web site. The Mac Observer Spin: This year's crop of Eddys is filled with a bunch of great products. Macworld Magazine