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In article <sveinson-3112951538570001@union.islandnet.com>,
sveinson@islandnet.com (Bill Sveinson) wrote:

> It would be nice if everyone could afford a new Power PC Mac with all the
> trimmings. The fact is, you  can still work effectively with these
> programs on a 68040 machine. 
> 
> I use PageMaker 6.0, which is generally comparable to Quark, Illustrator
> 5.5, and Photoshop 3.0.5 on a lowly Mac LC475 with only 12 MB of physical
> RAM, plus RamDoubler. It also has a full Meg of VRAM and has been upgraded
> to a full 68040 processor. Everything works just fine, although of course
> I pay a speed penalty vs. a PPC. I only use Photoshop for Web graphics,
> which are relatively small and low-res. For this purpose, it works
> perfectly. 
> 
> If I were moving to more professional DTP equipment right now, I would not
> necessarily go for a PowerPC Mac.

Photoshop is essential for most DTP users which means that the primary
concern should be RAM and not cpu. You'll need at least 24Mb to run
Photoshop adequately on a PPC or very well on a 68k processor.

Having said that, today's prices on something like a PCI 7500 PowerMac
are amazing considering their performance. Out-of-the-box, my 7500
out-performed my Quadra 840AV (purchased 2 years ago with a graphics
accelerator card for more than double the price) in every area except
Finder speed--and the addition of Speed Doubler soon fixes that.

You need to go for a 20-inch monitor to work comfortably in a page
layout program and here again, prices are tumbling.

Finally, it's an important consideration to be as compatible as possible
with the system that your local pre-press bureau is running--and you
can bet that they are running native versions of all the dtp software
on a PowerMac.

Beg, borrow or steal the funds and go a-huntin' for a 7500 with 24Mb
of RAM.

Stan
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Stan@slicker.demon.co.uk

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