? before I upgrade...(or should I?)

[Penelope636]

I have a G4 tower, and presently running 10.3.

Below is some info:

Machine Model: Power Mac G4 (AGP graphics)
CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (2.7)
Number Of CPUs: 1
CPU Speed: 350 MHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 1 MB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 100 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 4.2.8f1
Serial Number: 0B951999HLA

Have 4 memory slots with one empty

Presently have Quark 4.11 which runs on Classic, and I
need to be able to convert some Quark Files to pdf, which cannot do with 4.11.

Is my machine capable of doing this IF I upgrade and get a newer version of Quark?

Need the safest and most cost effective way of doing this...

Thank You,
Penny

 

[Blue Velvet]

Your machine is almost ten years old and is rapidly becoming obsolete for work like this. Your cost-effective options include:

1. Printing direct to PDF through OSX. Unreliable and unsuitable for files for press. Free.

2. Finding a cheap eBay second-hand version of Acrobat (Pro) versions 5 or 6 and using Quark to output Postscript files through Acrobat Distiller to produce PDFs. Best option, but needs familiarity with Distiller and Quark. Avoids problems of Quark upgrade.

3. QuarkXpress 6 (runs natively on OS 10.3) has direct if unreliable PDF output but will only save Quark files as 6 and 5 versions. These files are not openable in QuarkXpress 4.​

QuarkXpress 7 needs a minimum of OS X Tiger, a G5 and 1Gb of available RAM (2Gb recommended). Quark 8 is out of the question on your machine.

What are the PDFs for? Press, web etc?

 

[Penelope636]

Thanks Blue Velvet,

I have to spend some time to digest what you have written...

Have a 10 pg tutorial which I want to post ...with lots of picts, and need to be able to put it in pdf format to submit it and for it to be downloaded.

Penny

 

[Blue Velvet]

If you need a hand, I can make a PDF for you which will get you past this project. Please PM me for details if you like.