Re: Mac to PC - then back to Mac?

[Max Wyss <prodok -at- PRODOK -dot- CH>]

Paul,

I may be in the comfortable situation that I am "the high up" in my
company. So, I will not make platform changing decisions just so ...
especially as my company is fully Mac-based.

It depends on your documents, but the switch to Frame does make sense.
Where I might have a few question marks is Canvas. However, I have not
upgraded to the newest version, so it is possible that it got improved.

As one of your end products is PDF, you should go for a PostScript based
workflow. This means that vector graphics are in the EPS format and nothing
else. For raster graphics, you will have to look at the discussions about
screenshots and PDF; they are basically valid for all raster graphics.

Switching forward to MacOS is certainly a good idea, considering that you
are familiar with it. You might make your calculations of a "break-even
point" with the time you do not waste fiddling around with the problems you
mention. I would not be surprised if it were a pretty short time.

Hope, this can help.


Max Wyss
PRODOK Engineering AG
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>At the company I work for we began the slow process of shifting from Mac
>to PC, thanks to an edict from on high.  It was certainly not the choice
>of the people who do the actual work.
>
>(In the meantime, we also made the switch from word to Frame, a choice I
>think few regret.  We have also switched to Canvas for its usability and
>vector graphics.)
>
>However, we have been wasting many hours trying to resolve graphics
>issues apparently having to do with the fact that we are using PCs. There
>are some problems with going from Canvas to Frame, as well as problems
>with converting graphics in Frame docs into PDF.
>
>So we are considering going back to the platform that actually worked in
>the first place:  Mac.
>
>Does anyone have any comment on this?  Does anyone have similar stories,
>or are there people that have made the move back to Mac?
>
>I am curious to hear what other people's experiences might be.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Paul Carr
>Documentation Specialist


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