In this post about Roxio Toast, TUAW asked which a licatio you were still waiting for to be ported to universal binary. I thought I'd compile a list of universal binary a licatio that can fill the roles of those that people are still waiting for:For Screen Capture
Di lay Eater is still a work-in-progre and offers a much le refined user interface than apz Pro, but it's UB and it works. I've used it several times to capture my screen into a video file.
For Office Suites
Again, the user interface i 't as refined as the mai tay, but you can't beat the price of NeoOffice. The NeoOffice Alpha 2 for Intel Macs is available right now by paying for an "Early Acce " program. Or you can wait a few days, as an Intel beta of NeoOffice should be released very soon (next week, if I'm hearing correctly).
For Video Conversion
I use ffmpegX for a lot of video conversion and the Intel version just screams on my Intel iMac. I haven't matched it up agai t the new Toast's DivX conversion yet, but I bet it's faster. The learning curve is a bit higher with ffmpegX, but it su orts way more video formats.
And a few notes. Stuffit Expander is a universal binary beta. Filemaker is likely getting close to a release of version 8.5 which will be run natively on Intel Macs.
I'm also still waiting for Exte is to update Suitcase so it's UB. As much as I'd love to dump it for a different product, I don't know of any profe ional font managers that are updated for Intel. Both FontAgent Pro and MasterJuggler are still wallowing in C-land. Linotype FontExplorer X was just updated to UB, but I have zero experience with it, and A le's own FontBook has on too many occasio eaten my font collectio (always have backu !).
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