You might not actually be able to buy a machine yet, but Claris Corp has announced a native version of ClarisWorks 2.1 to run on PowerPC-based Macintoshes. In a move that may presage the direction to be taken by other software houses, Claris has decided to stick both the native PowerPC and Motorola 680X0 versions on the same disks. The installer will automatically detect which type of machine is being used and copy across the appropriate binary code. The US price is $300 and the two versions are identical, apart from there being support in the PowerPC version for the PlainTalk Text-to-Speech technology.
