[MacDV] Re: PageMaker vs. InDesign

[Richard Brown]

After using Quark Xpress since inception, and in that no serious design 
house or ad agency has ever used PageMaker for design work (the ratio 
between Quark and PageMaker is at least 40:1 in the publishing world), I 
can say that, under OS X, InDesign has converted our agency from Quark 
in less than a week. We have had PageMaker since its inception as well, 
but only use it when an alien file shows up from someone using 
PageMaker. This is only once every two or three years... We have retired 
all our Quark workstations and use InDesign exclusively, and will not 
look back as Quark has made the gravest of errors in not committing to 
OS X to compete with InDesign. Earlier versions of InDesign did not 
impress us much, but the latest software rocks, especially on OS X, 
which is inherently press oriented with built in PDF capability. The 
ability to freely design as if you were in Photoshop inside of InDesign 
is a huge eye opener. Tremendous power at the touch of the mouse making 
complex designs at least 200-300% more efficient - which is to say, the 
work is done sooner... Going to press ready PDF also eliminates all 
bottlenecks at the press end of things. That is all thanks to OS X.

Richard Brown