Re: Switching from Mac to PC questions

In article <1133513107.702178.87520@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Javier Bezos" <see_below_no_spam@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> "Brandons of mass destruction" <junkie46@.net> escribió
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> > Background: We're the production department of a weekly newspaper, we
> > build ads and layout editorial pages. We send the finished product via
> > PDFs to the printer. We've been instructed to make switch from Quark 4.1
> > on the Mac to Creative Suite 2 on the PC, so I'm wondering how to do
> > this:
>
> Recently I switched to Windows (not without tears) and it
> was a lot easier than I expected. The change paid off.


Paid off how?

Yeah, the more I look at it, the more it doesn't seem like quite the big
hassle, though it's still a hassle. The biggest problem will be the huge
number of fonts we have.


> Since the Mac uses its own formats, you may need a converter.

Converting, from what I've read, tends to be unexact and unstable. Might
have to buy a few more libraries.


> What makes applications scriptable is not Applescript (or
> Javascript or VBScript), but OSA (Open Scripting Architecture).
> Windows has COM, which provides better integration with
> other languages. In fact, I'm using Python to script my
> applicacions (with the win32 extensions).

Whee, lets learn how to reinvent the wheel!


> AFAIK, no need to switch. In my experience, Unix servers are
> better than Windows servers. If you insist in changing the
> server consider Linux, but you might need a Windows server if
> you intend to install a content (or production) management
> system.

The IT department has picked out a Wintel server for us, god bless'em.


>
> This is the third switch in just a few years: 68000->PowerPC,
> 8->X, PowerPC->Intel (and not Wintel, as Intel doesn't require
> Windows - you can use Linux, for example). The first was just
> annoying, but the second was dreadful. Enough!

I've heard this argument before and it's a piss poor one. Assuming you
stick with your usual apps and don't upgrade until most of the bugs have
been worked out (Didn't switch production machines till 10.2), then it's
not a big deal, just another upgrade.
.

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