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Subject:Re: hardware for Framemaker From:Jason Willebeek-LeMair <jlemair -at- ITEXCHSRV2 -dot- PHX -dot- MCD -dot- MOT -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 13 Nov 1997 09:36:35 -0700
I use Framemaker on both MAC and PC (Win95).
Guess what? Equal problems on both (crashes [those nifty little bombs
on the MAC], font issues, you name it).
My preference (and all it is is a PERSONAL PREFERENCE) is Win95 because
I think the GUI is more aesthetically pleasing. My productivity (and
ease-of-use) is the same on both systems.
Moral: Choose the OS you are most familiar with.
And to answer the original question, I am running:
PC -- 32meg of RAM, 6.2gb hard drive, P200 w/MMX.
MAC -- 64mb RAM, 2.4gb hard drive, PPC240.
I have not encountered system limitation problems on either.
Peace to the OS advocates.
Jason
Who Computes Both Ways (while displaying)
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> From: David Mason
> Reply To: David Mason
> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 1997 9:14 AM
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: Re: hardware for Framemaker
>
> Come on...thats a buch of nonsense. Mac has as many problems as
> PCs...in
> the old days PCs were beasts and Macs were elegant but these days are
> different. I run NT and wouldnt have it any other way. I used to use
> macs but they havent done much of anything since the eighties! Yes MS
> stole beautiful ideas from mac but I would have too, they were correct
> ideas.
>
> Get what you like and dont believe the hype.
>
> Dave - Proud NT user
>
> LaTorra, Michael wrote:
> >
> > I used Frame running on a UNIX workstation from HP. It was wonderful
> (I
> > wish I were still using it!). However, I realize that most people
> are
> > limited to using either PCs or Macs. In that case, I would recommend
> a
> > Mac. Why? Fewer problems. And I mean problems associated with issues
> > such as fonts, system errors, and other basic stuff, not anything
> > inherent to the design of Framemaker itself, but rather to its
> > platform-specific implementation.
> >
> > On the Frame users listserv, I kept track of which platforms were
> > associated with the most problems. PCs were far and away the most
> > trouble prone. Macs were considerably less so. And UNIX boxes had
> the
> > fewest problems of all for Frame users.
> >
> > Michael LaTorra
> > Technical Writer
> >
> > SCGroup Incorporated
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> > El Paso, Texas 79912-8412
> > USA
> >
> > Tel: 915-877-3900
> > Fax: 915-877-7296
> > E-Mail: MLATORRA -at- SCGROUPINC -dot- COM
> >
> >
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