[PhotoMacUser]

I suggest if you need to run Framemaker in Classic that you locate a machine that will boot into Mac OS 9. No need to run OS X if you are working in 9 the majority of the time. Most G4 Towers, eMacs and certain G4 iMacs will "dual boot". As an added bonus, these G4 machines can be had realitively inexpensively. G5 iMacs will run Classic as well as all G5 Towers.

I run a G5 Quad and see no need to upgrade to a Mac Pro. I also retain the abiltiy to run my OS 9 programs in Classic. No Intel based Mac can do that out-of-the-box.

Anyone interested in running Windows should consider an Intel Mac with Parallels. My MacBook works well with it and it is very snappy indeed. You can get a non transferable, non-upgradeable OEM version of XP for under $100 and Parallels is $79 (US).

[stjournal]

I bought a G5 with extras from Martin and I am happy with my purchase.
He is a honest seller.

Originally Posted by kawilky 

thank you, there is one on Craig's List Peninsula Bay Area (Pacifica), for $2500 from Bern Switzerland, includes all the programs and a 23" apple monitor:
too good to be true??

BRAND NEW G5 POWERMAC 2.5GHz QUAD-CORE, 2GB w 23" DISPLAY

"This is what you'll get for $2,500"

?Apple PowerMac 2.5GHz Quad-core PowerPC G5 with Motorola chip
?2GB 533 DDR2 Non ECC SDRAM- 4x512
?500GB Serial ATA - 7200rpm
?NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT 256 MB SDRAM
?AirPort Extreme + Bluetooth built-in
?Apple USB Modem
?16x SuperDrive DL (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
?Fibre Channel PCI Express Card (w/ SFP-SFP cable)
?Apple Wireless Keyboard & Mouse - U.S English
?Mac OS X - U.S. English



Together with:

1. Apple Cinema HD Display (23" flat panel)-
2. Apple DVI to ADC Display Adapter-
3. iPod video (60GB) -
4. Logitech Z-5500 5.1 THX Speaker System-
5. Bose QuietComfort 2 Acoustic Noise Cancelling Headphones-
6. iSight video camera + iSight Accessory Kit.-
7. AirPort Extreme Base Station with 56K V.90 modem and antenna port.-
8. AirPort Extreme Card -
9. Apple Wireless Mouse .-
10. Apple Wireless Keyboard-
11. JBL Creature 2.1 Speakers -
12. Software included: - Microsoft Office v.X, Macromedia Studio 8 ,
Adobe Creative Suite 2, Virtual PC 6.0, Norton AntiVirus 8.0, GarageBand
Jam Pack,Soundtrack Pro,
iLife '06 Family Pack(including iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie and iDVD), iWork
'06, QuickTime 7 Pro, QuarkXPress 6.0, Roxio Toast with Jam, Apple
Shake, Apple Soundtrack,
Apple Motion, Final Cut Studio 5.1 Universal, DVD Studio Pro 4, Logic
Express 7, Logic Pro 7.-
13. Operating System included is: Mac OS X v10.4 "Tiger" Family Pack.-
14.Warranty: 3 years AppleCare Protection Plan for Power Mac (with
Display)-purchased and not registered yet.


kathy

[stjournal]

Don't have to worry Kathy, I bought a G5 budle from Martin and I am happy with my new toy.

[Don Pickett]

Adobe killed Framemaker because the guys who started Adobe don't run it any more. It's run by marketing people and beancounters, and marketing and beancounting aren't interested in what they perceive as niche markets. I am sure Adobe would drop all Apple support and development if they could stand to walk away from $400 to $500 million a year.

Get a G5 and you should be happy.

[SDMacHead]

I'm in a similar situation, in that FrameMaker is about the only program I still need Classic for (the other is a voice mail player from Lucent). In my case, the FM file is not overly complex, and is only a single file for a single document. Additionally, because it's the user manual for an open-source project, it would be good to switch to something that is free or at least commonly used.

Any suggestions?

[Big Mac]

I never understood what made FrameMaker so important to those who used it. Could you clue me in?

[the_glassman]

Wolfram Publicon: Technical Publishing Made Easy

[dimmer]

Frame developed FrameMaker specifically with large technical documents in mind, and so it does (did) a really good job for that task -- plus it was cross-platform, *nix, Mac, Windows. Adobe bought Frame (forget if this was before or after Aldus) as part of a drive to stave off Quark. PageMaker is dead (thankfully!), and the folks at Adobe are working hard to make InDesign be a reasonable replacement for FrameMaker.

The list of good to great products that Adobe has knifed via acquisition is remarkable, but you can't really argue that one company should be developing (say) Illustrator and FreeHand.

[gorbag]

Originally Posted by stjournal 

Don't have to worry Kathy, I bought a G5 budle from Martin and I am happy with my new toy.

Umm, a recommendation from someone who just joined the forum on the day they make this post? NOW I'd be worried it's a scam.