Media 100 Announces Power Mac G5 and Mac OS X Panther Support

New Version 8.2.1 Software for Media 100 i Supports Power MacG5 Systems and Mac OS X Version 10.3

MARLBORO, MA -- Media 100 Inc. (NASDAQ: MDEA), a leading developerof advanced media systems, announced Media 100 i Version 8.2.1 softwarefeaturing support for the new Power Mac G5 platform from Apple, as wellas the new Panther release of Mac OS X, also known as Mac OS X version10.3. Media 100 systems with the new Media 100 i Version 8.2.1 softwareare planned to begin shipping in November.

Recently Media 100 began shipments of the OS X-native Media 100 iVersion 8.2 software, expanding the Media 100 i toolsets for editing,effects design, audio design, and media management. In addition,Version 8.2 gives Media 100 i editors tighter integration with 844/X,the Company’s award-winning, real-time, online vertical editingsystem.

"The Apple Power Mac G5 systems represent a leap ahead inperformance for our editors,” said Mike Savello, vice presidentof dual stream systems at Media 100. "We are pleased that again Media100 i will be among the first, if not the first, to adopt and exploitApple’s latest CPU and OS advances.”

Availability

The Version 8.2.1 software release is expected to be available bythe end of November 2003. All current customers that own Version 8.2software will be able to download Version 8.2.1 from the Media 100 website for free.

About Media 100

Media 100 develops award-winning advanced media systems for contentdesign, enabling creative professionals to design highly evocativeeffects-intensive work on a personal computer. Creative artists andcontent design teams around the world use Media 100’s EmmyAward-winning solutions. The Company is headquartered in Marlboro,Massachusetts. For more information, please visit www.media100.com.