Well, in the past I've heard that its hard to find software for Apple, that there are tons more programs for windows--however, with unix running behind the scenes in my PowerBook, there are tons of programs that have been ported to run in Mac.
I'm downloading a desktop layout program (Scribus) to check it out and if it does what I need as far as layout, then I won't be upgrading to Quark XPress on Mac (Quark wants $299 to upgrade to the current version, and another $200 to switch me from Windows to Mac).
I also am investigating various music notation file exchange formats to decide what music notation software I want to install--there are apparently a bunch of free music applications which run in unix/Mac OS X and export to standard file formats, for readability in mainstream programs like Finale and/or Sibelius.
Earlier this evening I installed TeX typesetting software, so I can start creating beautiful PDF documents without having to worry about the layout as I write them. I may also grab MusiXTeX if it can export files to a open standard file format.
Oh, and the Greyfriars coffee is good, as usual.
Posted by swanson at september 10, 2004 10:44 EM