Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!cornell!batcomputer!sun.soe!kweeder From: kweeder@sun.soe (Jim Kweeder) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: The Death of Apple Computer Summary: But, I agree! Keywords: Apple, Mac, Prices, Rip-off Message-ID: <1369@sun.soe> Date: 20 Sep 88 11:52:05 GMT References: <1356@sunny3.che.clarkson.edu> <78@bridge2.3Com.Com> <1361@sunny1.che.clarkson.edu><645@esquire.UUCP> Reply-To: kweeder@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Jim Kweeder) Distribution: na Organization: Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY Lines: 37 In article <645@esquire.UUCP> sbb@esquire.UUCP (Stephen B. Baumgarten) writes: [Material Deleted] > Are you seriously comparing troff or TeX to PageMaker? NO, of course not. > Within 15 minutes Mac Word users can create fairly complex >documents with different fonts and graphics, and can easily create >headers, footers, and footnotes. I don't think there's anyone on the >face of the earth who can pick up PC Word in that amount of time. > >Apple's position in the serious DTP market is as solid as it can get. >It has competition from PageMaker on the PC (and Ventura to some >extent). But to our company (and many others), the saving 2 or 3 >thousand dollars does not justify moving to a system where >data-interchange is next to impossible, expandability is limited (i.e., >adding new monitors, moving to new software as we outgrow what we >currently have without massive retraining costs), and many essential >tools are simply unavailable (Illustrator, Freehand, object-oriented >draw programs, presentation graphics packages, to name a few). Steve, I couldn't agree more. The Apple Macintosh II is the premier machine for desk top publishing. The ability to change fonts, inter- change information easily, and the point and shoot ability of the mouse make it the system of choice. Nothing in the PC world comes close and it's far away easier to use than something like LaTeX or troff (although I do use LaTeX, but I do alot of math. . . .). But Steve, it won't stay this way forever. Apple got it right first, but others are soon to follow. Apple needs to establish themselves as the DTP leader and not sit back and wait for IBM and others to catch-up (this will happen anyway, but Apple should at least try to keep out in front). Apple has the initiative and should keep it. Jim Kweeder kweeder@sun.soe.clarkson.edu