Re: upgrading to 7 -- Mac or Win?

[Dov Isaacs <isaacs@xxxxxxxxx>]

You are correct in assuming that you won't be seeing a carbonized
version of FrameMaker in the short term. Even if FrameMaker 7 for
Mac was carbonized, you might not really like how workflows actually
work (or don't) yet under MacOS X. Although MacOS X is quite stable
as a basic operating system, there are still many, many problems
associated with drivers, font handling, PDF creation, etc. that
make the current flavour of MacOS X "interesting".

If you are counting on FrameMaker to produce composite CMYK PostScript
or PDF output without a hassle, you don't want the Windows version.
Stay with a pure MacOS 9.x system (NOT classic under MacOS X).
If the CMYK versus RGB composite PostScript or PDF output is not
your issue, you will find that FrameMaker 7 under Windows 2000 or XP
is very reliable and stable.

        - Dov


At 5/2/2002 09:54 PM, Lindsey Thomas Martin wrote:
>Colleagues,
>
>I have been away from the list for a while so hope that I am not turning over thrice plowed soil; I could not find anything in the archives.
>
>I have been thinking of upgrading to FM7 for Windows from FM6 for Mac because I would like to run only OS X on the Mac and do not expect to see a carbonized (or cocaofied?) FM for some time. (I would be happy to be told otherwise.)
>
>I have used FM on both platforms and have no preference. Are there any advantages to running FrameMaker, esp. version 7, on Windows?
>
>Thanks for any advice,
>LTM
>
>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>Lindsey Thomas Martin / Crych Digital Publishing
>lmartin@sfu.ca / 604.215.9490


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