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Re: Summary: Serious problem with Adobe Pagemaker 6.5 ?
Subject:Re: Summary: Serious problem with Adobe Pagemaker 6.5 ? From:"Peter Ring, PRC" <prc -at- PIP -dot- DKNET -dot- DK> Date:Mon, 17 Feb 1997 08:54:02 +1
Jane Bergen wrote:
> I don't know about prices in Denmark, but it seems to me that the
> best choice would be to upgrade your software! That would be cheaper
> than replacing your video card...at least in Dallas, Texas, USA.
>
> Trying to run any older software on Windows 95 is asking for
> problems... especially when dealing with outmoded drivers and
> control files. PageMaker 6.5 is out now...at an upgrade price of $99
> US here. Video cards (decent ones) are going to be $150 or more. And
> the newer software is just so much easier to use under Win 95.
The problems STARTED when I UPGRADED to PM 6.5, - which has now become
PM 6.51. And the cheapest upgrade price in Denmark is US$ 300 + VAT!
A suitable new 4MB video card will cost me approx. US$ 90-200 (prices
starts at US$ 25) + VAT. As you can see, Denmark is expensive with
software, but quite cheap with hardware. Due to our special Danish
letters, I (like most Danes) don't dare to use US version software.
Instead we use the UK versions which normally don't give us problems.
Greetings from Denmark
Peter Ring
PRC (Peter Ring Consultants)
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