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Article: The publishing face-off.(comparison of Windows 95 and Mac OS for desktop publishing) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
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- Macworld
- Article date:
- February 1, 1996
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1996 Mac Publishing. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Get over it. Windows 95 is here, and it's way too big to ignore. By the time you read this, only a few months after its release, Windows 95 will have more users than the 12-year-old Macintosh.
With that in mind, Macworld set out to determine which platform, if either, is superior. We compared overall usability to see how much of a threat Microsoft's latest graphical interface is to Apple's long-recognized ease of use (see "Is the Mac Still the Easiest to Use?" elsewhere in this issue). We compare Mac and Windows 95 in the area where the Mac is most firmly established: the graphics and publishing market. And we ask, Is the Mac's historical stronghold safe? What does ...