Tuesday, June 10, 2003
Embarrassed by yesterday's release of Snood, Quark rolls out XPress 6 for OS X
Snood and Quark XPress had been the only two applications of note that had yet to find their way to OS X. Yesterday, Dave Dobson finally released a MacOS X-native version of Snood. It looks like the folks at Quark were so thoroughly embarrassed by the fact that they were the last remaining app, that they decided to finally sit down and start actually writing the darn thing. Well, they must have pulled an all-nighter, because sure enough, Quark XPress 6 was announced today and will ship tomorrow. See what a lone college professor and his shareware video game can accomplish?
In all seriousness, the release of Quark XPress for OS X is huge for the people who use it. It's been a big enough of a deal-breaker to keep many design pros planted firmly in OS 9, and a result, planted firmly on an aging Mac. How ironic is it, then, that rumors have surfaced that G5 Power Macintosh units may ship sooner than later? We could see an explosion of high-end sales this summer. The big question will be how many pros will be sufficiently motivated by the thought of XPress 6 on a G5 to go pull out the credit cards, and how many will wait until they can get MacOS X Panther pre-installed on their new rig.
Apple seems to think Quark for OS X is a big deal -- big enough to give it the prime spot on apple.com. Thanks to old pal Marc LaFoy for pointing out the irony of the "Snood vs. Quark Great Race of Turtles".
Snood and Quark XPress had been the only two applications of note that had yet to find their way to OS X. Yesterday, Dave Dobson finally released a MacOS X-native version of Snood. It looks like the folks at Quark were so thoroughly embarrassed by the fact that they were the last remaining app, that they decided to finally sit down and start actually writing the darn thing. Well, they must have pulled an all-nighter, because sure enough, Quark XPress 6 was announced today and will ship tomorrow. See what a lone college professor and his shareware video game can accomplish?
In all seriousness, the release of Quark XPress for OS X is huge for the people who use it. It's been a big enough of a deal-breaker to keep many design pros planted firmly in OS 9, and a result, planted firmly on an aging Mac. How ironic is it, then, that rumors have surfaced that G5 Power Macintosh units may ship sooner than later? We could see an explosion of high-end sales this summer. The big question will be how many pros will be sufficiently motivated by the thought of XPress 6 on a G5 to go pull out the credit cards, and how many will wait until they can get MacOS X Panther pre-installed on their new rig.
Apple seems to think Quark for OS X is a big deal -- big enough to give it the prime spot on apple.com. Thanks to old pal Marc LaFoy for pointing out the irony of the "Snood vs. Quark Great Race of Turtles".
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