Strategic Technology Analysis: Macintosh and Windows as Publishing Platforms (http://www.apple.com/publishing/collateral/pdf/Pfeifferreport.pdf)
Information contained in this report € Operating System Services € Font-handling and typographic differences € Support and maintenance issues € Color management issues € Workflow automation and scripting € Real-life productivity benchmarks using the Publishing Reference Configuration(tm)
In the past fifteen years, personal computer based publishing has gone from fascinating toy to industrial-strength tool. For most of these years, the only computer system to be considered for serious publishing tasks had been Apple's Macintosh computer and operating system. Historically, the most widely used professional publishing software originated on the Macintosh platform, and in key areas important to professional publishers, such as typographical refinement and color management, the Macintosh offered a more professional solution than the PC platform.
Today the situation is much less clear. On a superficial, feature-by-feature comparison, the Macintosh, Windows 98, and Windows NT platforms all provide very similar functionality. It is only when one looks below the surface that important differ-ences emerge.
This report presents a technology analysis of the key aspects of the Macintosh and Windows operating environments from a professional publishing and design perspective, and also includes extensive benchmarks based on real-world publishing assignments. In order to produce reliable assessments of the productivity and performance, a Publishing Reference Configuration(tm) is defined, which allows a meaningful comparison between the Macintosh and Windows platforms.
Bob Nunn - President, Operator Headgap Systems President, AppleCore of Memphis, Inc. E-mail: headgap@headgap.com
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