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I am trying to find out what desktop publishing software and hardware
I should recommend to a few friends of mine who want to start an
entertainment newspaper. The two candidates are Aldus Pagemaker and
QuarkXPress on a Mac.

The newspaper will be between 10 and 20 pages and printed (bi-monthly)
in black-and-white and will mainly consist of text and pictures (and
adds). Although fancy layouts should be possible, "bug-freeness" is
preferred over not-that-necessary bells and whistles.

Two questions:
 - Which of the two software products is the more appropriate one for
   this kind of publication and is stable enough? And why? 
 - What Mac would be fast enough (and not too costly)? Is a Mac IIci
   with a fullpage (one page) monitor a good choice?

I would appreciate it very much if you could provide me with any
information related to my problem. Of course, any additional info
(e.g., from your DTP experiences) that might be helpful for starters
is most welcome, too.

Thanks a lot in advance,
-roland

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Roland Hubscher				Department of Computer Science
e-mail: rolandh@cs.colorado.edu		University of Colorado at Boulder
phone:  (303) 492-4932			Boulder, CO 80309-0430