[thelist] [OT] upgrading Mac from OS9 to OSX, thoughts?

[matt s.]

Of course, come January, all new Macs will be OSX only, and you'll only be able
to run 9 in Classic mode. So its definitely a move we'll all have to make in
the near future.

Speaking of Apple, did everyone hear about Microsofts failed attempt to steal
their "Switch" ad campaign? :)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=528&ncid=528&e=15&u=/ap/20021014/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_ad

.matt

Benjer wrote:

> Have you ever looked at the size of PDF's created from any OSX app??
>
> significantly higher than distiller.
>
> OSX is great if you can afford to buy new apps (apart from quark) but if you
> cant there isn't much point.
>
> Just my 2 cents - I do use OSX but only have to use
> macromedia/illustrator/photoshop etc.
>
> On 16/10/02 3:35 pm, "Gregory Wostrel" <gwostrel at mac.com> wrote:
>
> > --
> > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
> > Hi Chris,
> >
> > The Cube wil handle OSX just fine. Make sure that you have maxed out
> > the ram just to be safe. X likes plenty of it. Install OSX 10.2, don't
> > be afraid! Follow Apple's install directions carefully regarding
> > upgrading the system and all.
> >
> > Distiller works just fine in Classic mode. Quark simply is a pain in
> > the ass in Classic. However, InDesign works great in X and allows you
> > to export to PDF with all the options that Distiller gives you and you
> > can open up Quark files with no problem (generally). Also, you can
> > generate PDF's on the fly from ANY other OSX app without using
> > Distiller at all, so what is the big problem?
> >
> > I say, go for it.
> >
> > Greg Wostrel
> >
> > gwcreative
> > http://www.gwcreative.com/
> > gw at gwcreative.com
> > Communications and the Art of Simplicity
> >
> > On Tuesday, October 15, 2002, at 04:08  PM, Chris W. Parker wrote:
> >
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: matt s. [mailto:mspiegler at lightbulbpress.com]
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 9:51 AM
> >>> To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
> >>> Subject: Re: [thelist] [OT] upgrading Mac from OS9 to OSX, thoughts?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> what kind of Mac do you have? I've heard that pre-G3's can
> >>> run into big
> >>> trouble, and even the early G3's can be sluggish with OSX.
> >>
> >> it's a cube, but it came out when the cube was new. so i'm pretty sure
> >> that makes it a G3.
> >>
> >> geoff mentioned that quarkxpress doesn't work with osx, and although
> >> we've got version 5 (which might work, if geoff was referring to
> >> version
> >> 4) we also need adobe distiller to work. and he says that doesn't. so
> >> it
> >> looks like we'll just upgrade to the latest version of 9. (of course
> >> going in order of all the previous updates.)
> >>
> >> any suggestions or comments about doing those upgrades?
> >>
> >>
> >> thanks,
> >> chris.
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