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QuarkXPress / PowerBook advice

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AdmittedPCuser

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Does anybody have any experience running QuarkXPress (pref v6) on a PowerBook with a 1.33GHz G4? I'm planning on buying a PowerBook later this month (once iLife '05 is released with the hope of the minor hardware upgrades) and I just wanted to get some opinions. I'm also gonna be doing a bit of Photoshop and Illustrator work (basically the PowerBook will be used for desktop publishing) and from what I've read, a 1.33 G4 with enough ram (768mb?) should be fine.

Anyone running this config?

Thanks in advance,

Recovering Dellaholic
 
Unless you run Quark 5 in Classic 😱 you will have no choice but to run ver 6.x on your Powerbook... I would up the RAM to at least 1gb, 1.5 ideally...

We have a spare 733mhz G4 (for temps) running it at work and that is OK, not brilliant but acceptable.

I wouldn't recommend using 6.5's QuarkVista Xtension on it... but then it's complete rubbish anyway... the new PS import filter has been released but we haven't bothered. If I want to import a layered file (rare), then I can use a layered TIFF anyway...

You may find you can improve the performance of it by adjusting the image display preferences within Quark, forgoing the 32bit preview and going for 8 or 16 bit instead. There are a few other options for speeding up the redraw...

Also, remember that Quark 6 needs activating so that it either must be your own copy or the 2nd licence of someone elses... (2 installations possible) Otherwise, it will revert to demo mode within a short space of time.

One of the beauties of the old Quark (4 & 3.x) was the ability to run it on virtually anything but not so now...
 
AdmittedPCuser said:
Does anybody have any experience running QuarkXPress (pref v6) on a PowerBook with a 1.33GHz G4? I'm planning on buying a PowerBook later this month (once iLife '05 is released with the hope of the minor hardware upgrades) and I just wanted to get some opinions. I'm also gonna be doing a bit of Photoshop and Illustrator work (basically the PowerBook will be used for desktop publishing) and from what I've read, a 1.33 G4 with enough ram (768mb?) should be fine.

Anyone running this config?

Thanks in advance,

Recovering Dellaholic
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I run this exact setup (along with heavy photoshop/illustrator) with 1.5 gig RAM and it works just fine, although Quark as a program is still buggy. The updates have only done so much and I still run into the occasional error, but then again, the last really stable version of Quark was 3.32...I'm used to it.

I also run InDesign and have been using it more and more. The only time I use Quark now is if a printing house or publication I'm working with only accepts Quark files. It's taken a few years, but InDesign really outshines Quark in every way. Something to consider unless you have to have Quark.

Anyway, like it was said before, just throw at least a gig of RAM in your machine and you'll be fine.
 
Thanks for the info... So it sounds like the recommendation here is to get at least a gig of ram. Probably good advice.

Interesting to hear about InDesign. I've had the chance to play around with it a few times and I'm always hearing good things. I guess the integration with PS and Illus is a benefit as well. I may have to seriously look into it.

Thanks again for the feedback.
 
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