On 7/5/03 3:18 AM, Kathi A. Anderson posted: >A word from the Publishing and Graphics side about floppies. >I still get floppies from clients. Floppies are alive and well. > >I am rather disappointed about Apple and the way they have seemingly >abandoned the publishing industry. It is necessary to keep the old machines >because of (1) the investment, (2) legacy peripherals and software, (3) >connectivity. If the font problems between Macs and P.C.'s are ever solved, >look out.
I worked for 8-1/2 years in the Publishing and Graphics industry, both as a book designer and as an information systems manager. At any given time we had Macs ranging from nearly top-end current hardware to Macs so old they should have been retired years ago. (They were the reason Low End Mac was born.) Apple has not abandoned the publishing industry. Even today you can buy a Power Mac G4 that boots OS 9 and runs the legacy version of Quark. And you can finally order a copy of Quark XPress for OS X -- there's a company that practically abandoned publishers! Yes, it is important to keep older Macs around. I get a couple floppies a year from one of my writers, and I have to use an old Mac to read it. That's a lot cheaper to keep around than investing in an external USB floppy that won't even read 800K Mac floppies. I've got an ancient SCSI scanner. None of the Macs I use still has SCSI, and Agfa probably doesn't have OS X drivers for this antique. But my son can use it with his SuperMac running OS 9. Ditto for "obsolete" technology like the old 128 MB and 230 MB opticals, Syquest cartridges in six different flavors, that ADB sketchpad, and who knows what else. It's a good thing these ancient Macs last longer than these outdated peripherals. There's nothing wrong with keeping old hardware up and running rather than invest in new hardware. That's what we're all about at Low End Mac. Best of all, Macs running OS X can easily network with Macs running the old Mac OS, so connectivity isn't an issue. Or you could switch to the platform nobody is passionate about. The one with security patches, worms, viruses, malware, and a much higher annual tech support cost. Your call, but I'm sticking the my Macs. -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. <http://cobwebpublishing.com> <http://lowendmac.com> <http://digital-views.com> <http://digigraphica.com> <http://lowendpc.com> <http://reformed.net> "As for Unix being 'inflexible,' 'expensive,' and 'complex,' we feel those are terms much better suited to the closed and proprietary world of Windows." Sun -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
