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mitchell_pgh · Nov 7, 2001, 02:48 PM

So I recently took a new job at a university doing design (basically newsletter type stuff) I have designed before, but could use some help. I have to recomend the equipment that I need to design the thing. It's only two color, but some of the smaller projects that I will be designing will be 4 color. Here is what I have so far. I get to use a Mac so here is what I'm requesting... Can you think of anything else?

Microsoft Office 2001 $200
Adobe Type Manager Deluxe 4.6 $65
Adobe Acrobat 5.0 $60
Adobe Streamline 4.0 $100
Adobe Photoshop 6.0 Upgrade $200
FlightCheck Collect 3.4 $130
Adobe Illustrator 10.0 $100
Apple Mac OS X 10.1 (for our older G3 computers) $70
867MHz PowerPC G4 $2,250
Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 2060u $900

1) I need a font utility for OS 9.2.1 and I'm not 100% about Adobe Type Manager.

2) What do you think about the monitor?

3) Yes, we already have a Mac version of Photoshop

4) Yes, we already have QuarkXpress 4.1

Thanks for your help!

MikeM32 · Nov 7, 2001, 03:12 PM

XPress 5 is due out very soon also

Otherwise the setup sounds pretty sweet. Acrobat is a surprisingly useful application for making PDF's also.

Mike

[ 11-07-2001: Message edited by: MikeM32 ]

godzookie2k · Nov 7, 2001, 04:39 PM

Uhm, I wouldn't bother running OSX on old G3 hardware. From what I've heard, its painful. Personally, I swear up and down by trinitrons for my monitor services, but that might be a preference thing. Type Manager Deluxe is a godsend, if and only if you have loads of fonts that need..... managing. Otherwise, light will provide you with all the font smoothing and such.

good luck.
Nick

Cemetery Man · Nov 8, 2001, 05:03 AM

Trinitron monitors are really nice.
As far as a font manager goes, I use Extensis Suitcase and have always been pleased with it.
The rest of your list sounds pretty good. Can't think of much else you would absolutly have to have to get the job done.

georgius · Nov 8, 2001, 05:49 AM

Originally posted by godzookie2k:
Uhm, I wouldn't bother running OSX on old G3 hardware.

Nick

You can say that again...and 10.1 only slightly improves things.

(And btw...a good designer needs a stack of Wallpaper* magazines and a copy of RIBA's annual journal...as well as a G4.)

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Kestral · Nov 8, 2001, 06:21 AM

Originally posted by georgius:


You can say that again...and 10.1 only slightly improves things.

(And btw...a good designer needs a stack of Wallpaper* magazines and a copy of RIBA's annual journal...as well as a G4.)

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Ok, I know what Wallpaper* magazine is (it's my favorite), but what is RIBA's annual journal? Any web links?

Griggsy · Nov 8, 2001, 07:19 AM

don't forget Create and Creative Review, just make sure they're dog-eared

godzookie2k · Nov 8, 2001, 09:53 AM

DUH???How Magazine, Shift, Communication Arts and Print?

Oh yeah, you have to go to k10k, surfstation, and Design is Kinky six times a day...

Nick

georgius · Nov 8, 2001, 01:45 PM

Originally posted by Kestral:


Ok, I know what Wallpaper* magazine is (it's my favorite), but what is RIBA's annual journal? Any web links?

RIBA: Royal Institute of British Architects

www.riba.org

www.architecture.com

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Timo · Nov 8, 2001, 02:00 PM

I really like Font Reserve. I got it in part because they will be coming out with an OS X version. You can download the demo and see how it feels.

MikeM32 · Nov 8, 2001, 10:37 PM

Uhm, I wouldn't bother running OSX on old G3 hardware. From what I've heard, its painful.

It is painful. I haven't even botherred upping to 10.1 yet on my Beige G3/266 Desktop.

Apple shouldn't have even *suggested* that OSX would even run on anything less than a G4 really.

Mike

Clive · Nov 9, 2001, 07:20 PM

If the Mitsubishi is the same as the LaCie 22" Blue, then that's about the best CRT you can buy. If it were me I'd pay a few more dollars and buy the LaCie 22" Blue III.

Don't buy a Trinitron, none of them are as good as Mitsubushi's Diamondtrons (sounds nuts because Mitshbushi licenced the tech from Sony, but the diamondtrons are far better).

The LaCie's are rebadged Mitsubushi's, except they come in dark blue cases and have a screen hood.

-- Clive

pscates · Nov 9, 2001, 07:29 PM

I'm running OS X (10.1) on my 400MHz iMac and have no complaints. Really.

I saw Adobe Streamline in your list. Do you use that often? How would you be using it? Just curious because we have it at work and I think I've launched it once in three years.

SecretAgentX · Nov 9, 2001, 11:49 PM

Apple has OS 10.1 running on the G3 just fine.

It's the other stuff in the machine that needs to be late model for performance. Don't fall for the Mhz myth. It's the bus speed, the hard drives, the overall performace of all the components running in one unit that determine the speed of OSX, not wether the processor is a g3 or g4. Don't be fooled by the Mhz myth. After all, half of Apples' current product line is G3, all running OSX right out of the box.

Oh yeah, check out Extensis Suitcase for font management.

georgius · Nov 10, 2001, 12:15 PM

Originally posted by MikeM32:


It is painful. I haven't even botherred upping to 10.1 yet on my Beige G3/266 Desktop.

Apple shouldn't have even *suggested* that OSX would even run on anything less than a G4 really.

Mike

10.1 does make a difference, but then I would run OS X on anything that is Beige. (thats not because I don't like beige, but the original G3 hardware does suffer).

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