Since the introduction of the Intel-based iMac and MacBook Pro at MacWorld 2006, the number of developers supporting Universal applications is growing fast. Here are just some of the companies that have announced their support of the new generation of Macs.

4D

”Twenty one years ago, 4D was one of the first products available on the Macintosh, today we are proud and excited to commit to transitioning our complete product line to the Macintosh Intel platform. Currently we are hard at work developing the next generation of our 4D database and development tools to provide a smooth transparent transition to Universal Applications for our tens of thousands of worldwide developers.”

- Laurent Ribardière, President, 4D

Ableton

”We are always striving to make Live faster, and the new Intel-based Macs have really made significant performance increases possible. Developing a Universal version of Live was an easy and quick process, and we are happy to be in the vanguard once again.”

- Gerhard Behles, CEO, Ableton

Adobe

“Adobe is excited about Apple’s move to the Intel platform. Adobe was one of the first companies that committed to develop software for the new platform, with future versions of Adobe Creative Suite supporting both PowerPC- and Intel-based systems. Adobe is moving forward with transition plans for other Macintosh products, beginning with Lightroom — where we plan to include support for Apple’s new Intel-based products in an upcoming update to our public beta.”

- Dave Burkett, Vice President, Product Management,
Adobe Systems Incorporated

Aspyr

“Aspyr is very excited about Apple’s transition to Intel processors and we are hard at work on stunning Universal versions of our upcoming 2006 games and current titles, including Sims 2 and Doom 3.”

- Glenda Adams, Director of Development, Aspyr Media

Blackmagic Design

“For Blackmagic Design, the Intel transition has been a breeze. Most of our products took only a single day to become Universal applications. The speed of the new machines is fantastic and we are incredibly happy with the results.”

- Grant Petty, CEO, Blackmagic Design

Blizzard

“World of Warcraft will be Blizzard’s first Universal application and we think gamers will really enjoy the ‘leap ahead’ in gaming experience that the latest Mac hardware delivers.”

- Rob Barris, Lead Software Engineer, Mac Software Group, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.

Canon

“Canon is thrilled to expand its strong relationship with Apple by building Universal driver support for its inkjet printers into Mac OS X 10.4.4 Tiger.”

- Yutaka Komiya, Deputy Chief Executive, Inkjet Products Operations, Canon Inc.

Cisco

“Cisco is excited to be developing Universal applications, and our VPN Client v4.9 now supports both PowerPC and Intel-based Macs.”

- Tom Russell, Senior Director; Security Technologies Group, Cisco Systems Inc.

COMPanion

“We’re excited to offer Universal applications to our customer base for our entire product line. Our past experience in Xcode and its development ease have helped us move this process forward in an efficient manner. We look forward to seeing the performance boost these new Intel-based Macs will deliver for our customers.”

- Bill Schjelderup, President, COMPanion Corporation

Digidesign

“These exciting new machines are bound to please Pro Tools users — creative musicians and audio professionals who want to make use of all the processing power they can get. We’re hard at work fine-tuning Pro Tools for Intel-based Macs and plan to have a release out to our customers in the first half of 2006.”

- Dave Lebolt, General Manager, Digidesign

Elgato

“The Universal version of EyeTV brings full-quality HDTV to the MacBook Pro and the new iMac — a feature reserved, until now, for owners of a high-end dual G5. The Intel Duo Core Macs are incredibly fast.”

- Markus Fest, CEO, Elgato Systems

Enfocus

“Speed is everything in today’s graphic arts production environment. Enfocus has strived to make its applications increasingly faster and easier to use. With a majority of our installed base on the Mac platform, it is our goal to take advantage of Apple’s move to Intel as soon as possible. We have ported our core engine PitStop Library and will continue with our stand-alone applications PitStop Server and Instant PDF. For our plug-in application like PitStop Professional we will make the move as soon as the host applications are ready.”

- Filip Maes, Director of Software Development, Enfocus

Epson

“Epson is delighted to continue its strong support of the Mac platform by delivering Universal driver support for a wide range of its printers and scanners.”

- Seiichi Hirano, Director, Chief Executive of Imaging Products Operations Division, Seiko Epson Corp.

FileMaker

“FileMaker is very excited about the benefits our customers will see from this Apple transition to Intel. We are working full–speed on Universal versions of FileMaker software and we expect to be among the early leaders in delivering Universal applications.”

- Ryan Rosenberg, VP of marketing and customer services, FileMaker, Inc.

Feral Interactive

“As game publishers with products that frequently push the limits of the hardware, we are very excited by the possibilities opened up by Apple’s new generation of intel–based Macs. At the same time we are committed to continuing to support existing machines hence all our games currently in development starting with our next release, Imperial Glory, will be Universal Applications right out of the box.”

- David Stephen, CEO, Feral Interactive.

Freeverse

”From day one, Freeverse has been fully committed to the transition to Universal applications. We just didn’t know it would be so easy! Apple has done a stellar job of giving us the right tools, and we look forward to shipping some great Universal games and applications over the coming months.”

- Colin Lynch Smith, Vice President, Freeverse Software

HP

“HP is ready. We are proud to announce that full Universal driver support for hundreds of HP peripherals is built into Mac OS X version 10.4.4 Tiger for Intel-based Macs.”

- Hugh Amick, Vice President, Mac-connect Programme, HP

Intego

“Intego was the first security company to offer total protection for the latest Macs, shipping Intel-compatible versions of our flagship programs on the day that Apple announced Intel-based Macs. We help users make such transitions as simple and secure as possible, so all Mac users can have the best possible security.”

- Laurent Marteau, CEO, Intego

iView Multimedia

“iView is very excited about Apple’s transition to Intel processors and are working hard on creating a Universal Application version of our popular iView Media Pro digital asset management and cataloging solution software. We will support photographers on the the Mac platform with a commitment to develop a free update for our users in the coming months so Apple’s new Intel based Mac systems get the fastest experience when using iView Media Pro on Mac OS X.”

- Yan Calotychos, CEO, iView Multimedia

Luxology

“Our Universal application version of Modo ran up to 3.5 times faster on the new iMac. I was astonished. So sleek. So sexy. So fast! The latest iMac really screams.”

- Brad Peebler, President & Co-founder, Luxology

Maxon

“Maxon is proud to be the first company to ship a Universal Binary version of a professional 3D application. Our software has always been a step ahead in the utilisation of Apple’s latest technology. Maxon offered multiprocessing in 1997, a native Mac OS X version in 2001, and have had a Universal Binary version available since January 30th.”

- Marco Tillmann, Product Manager, Maxon

Microsoft

“Our teams have been hard at work on the Intel transition since WWDC in June 2005 and we’ll ship the next version of Office for Mac as a Universal application.”

- Roz Ho, General Manager, Mac Business Unit, Microsoft

MySQL

“We are happy to be one of the first relational database vendors to deliver a Universal application that takes full advantage of the speed of the new Intel–based Macs, and we encourage software developers to download the open source community version of MySQL 5.0 today.”

- David Axmark, Co-founder, MySQL AB

Native Instruments

“All future Native Instruments products will include Universal versions that will take full advantage of the new Intel-based Mac platform while maintaining compatibility with PowerPC-based Macs.”

- Daniel Haver, CEO, Native Instruments

The Omni Group

“We shipped Universal versions of nearly all of our applications on January 10th — the day the first Intel-based iMacs shipped. Universal applications allow us to deliver one version of each product without worrying about whether our customers are using Intel- or PowerPC-based Macintosh computers. Either way, our software runs natively — and fast.”

- Ken Case, CEO, The Omni Group

plasq

“Since creating a Universal version of Comic Life at WWDC 2005, plasq hasn’t looked back! We love the ease of development in Xcode and the huge speed boost these new Intel-based Macs deliver!”

- Robert Grant, Lead Developer, Comic Life, plasq

Quark

“The availability of this software shows that we’re serious about delivering on our commitment to become a more open and customer focused company. With the release of the QuarkXPress 7 Universal application, cutting edge creative teams will work faster and smarter on the latest Apple hardware.”

- Jürgen Kurz, Senior Vice President of Desktop Products, Quark

Riverdeep

“With a commitment to individualised instruction for every student, Riverdeep will fully support Universal versions of our industry-leading instructional software, including Destination Success, for Intel-based Macs.”

- Fiona O’Carroll, Executive Vice President, Product Development and Marketing, Riverdeep

Softpress

“Professional designers or simply talented enthusiasts—all our Freeway users will benefit from the speed and versatility these exciting new Intel machines. With Apple’s help, we launched our Universal version on time and in budget. Thanks Apple.”

- Alan Shouls, Technical Director, Softpress

Steinberg

“We’re very excited to be developing software for the new Intel–based Macs and have already released a Universal version of our VST Software Development Kit. We’re really looking forward to releasing Universal versions of our pro audio products like Cubase and Nuendo soon.”

- Maruk Stehlik, Director of Engineering Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH

Sunburst

“Sunburst is thrilled to be bringing Universal versions of Type to Learn, Key Skills and our other great educational software products to our Apple customers in 2006.”

- David Wolff, Senior Vice President of Development, Sunburst

Wolfram Research

“It’s great that these blazing fast Intel-based Macs are now available — so everyone can enjoy the performance hikes we see using them. We had Mathematica running on an Apple developer kit back at WWDC in June 2005, and we’ll ship a final version soon.”

- Theodore Gray, Co-founder, Wolfram Research, Inc.