Re: Switching from Mac to PC questions
- From: John Doherty <jdoherty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 19:44:14 -0600
In <junkie46-AB5F00.19154729112005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Brandons
of mass destruction wrote:
> 1. How do we transfer our large library of fonts, which are a mix of
> TrueTYpe and Postscript?
Probably painfully. Might be easiest to just buy them over again in
the format you need. But you can try it with TransType if you want.
<http://www.fontlab.com/Font-tools/TransType/>. You'll probably want
to do this on a Mac.
> 1a. How does Indesign CS2 on the PC open a Quark 4.1 Mac document
> i.e. does the Quark doc need an extension? Can we drag and drop? or
> only from within Indesign?
Don't know. You won't need an XTension for QXP, though, I'm pretty
sure of that.
> 2. On the PC side should we stick to Postscript fonts or does it
> matter?
Doesn't really matter. TrueType fonts are arguably a little easier to
manage.
> 4. Is there something equal to Applescript on the PC side?
Windows InDesign is scriptable with JavaScript and Visual Basic.
> 5. Our server is currently running OS X server 10.2.8, used mostly
> just for storing files (no website or email) for everyone to have
> access to, what should we switch to?
No need to switch if you're happy with the Xserve. It runs Samba and
will serve files to Windows clients just fine. How many users connect
to your file server? If it's a lot, the unlimited licensing of the
Xserve might save you a bunch compared to client access licenses for
a Windows-based server.
> 10. Is it true that Creative Suite 2 is cheaper for the PC,
> especially in volume licenses?
I don't think so, but shop around.
> 12. Working strictly from a cost view, do you think (not feel, but
> THINK) this conversion a good idea
Not especially.
> with the goal of making the production department more cost
> efficient (since PCs are cheaper)
I don't think the hardware cost determines the ongoing
cost-effectiveness of the department very much. That's more a matter
of having skilled people and good, well-defined procedures and
practices. On the other hand, Macs capable of running MacOS/X well
are not cheap, that's for sure.
> and not wanting to go through Apple's conversion/problems to Wintel
> processors?
I don't think that transition is going to be a big deal at all.
All in all, I would not just make a decision do this and spend a bunch
of money on new hardware and software all at once. Get a PC and the
software you need, start trying things out, and see how it goes. Then
after having gained some experience, make a decision as to how you
want to proceed from there.
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