FM crashing upon attempt to create PDF - 3Qs

[Syed.Hosain at aeris.net]

Agreed with the comments so far.

*Most* laptops that are more than a year or two old cannot even have
more than 4GB physically installed - the hardware does not allow it, and
a 32-bit OS reduces this to somewhere between 2.8GB and 3.7GB -
depending on the graphics card in there, the add-on hardware elements,
etc.

Even today, when you buy a "new" laptop, to get more than 4GB (most are
8GB max, but there is a 16GB Mobile Workstation laptop at Dell -
expensive), you have to make sure to pick the correct model! Else you
get limited to 4GB installed.

Then, as already mentioned, to take advantage of that extra memory, you
have to run a 64-bit OS. Which is generally okay nowadays, but you need
to make sure that what you use is also compatible, or you have to spend
time figuring things out and configuring applications accordingly
(Windows 7 does make this easier). Old 32-bit drivers are, however, a
problem. If a peripheral or app uses 32-bit drivers, you cannot use it
on a 64-bit OS.

Note that FrameMaker runs fine on a 64-bit OS.

Z

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Orly
Zimmerman
Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 6:20 AM
To: Art Campbell; Fred Ridder
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: FM crashing upon attempt to create PDF - 3Qs

Thank you all for this info!! It's very helpful.
I will return to the IT people and clarify this. They gave me the
impression that no laptop could handle more than 3GB.
I'm really much more efficient with a laptop as I'm also my kids
"chauffeur" so, I'm always on the move and would like/need to have the
most souped up gadget I can, while still in the company's budget.

Orly.

________________________________
From: Art Campbell [mailto:art.campbell at gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 4:13 PM
To: Fred Ridder
Cc: jim.pinkham at voith.com; Orly Zimmerman; framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: FM crashing upon attempt to create PDF - 3Qs

Fred's correct, but I did notice that things changed slightly with W7.
W7 32 seems to be able to address about 3.6 or so of RAM -- I'd have to
check to get an exact figure, but it was a nicely larger chunk on my 4G
system.

Art

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On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 9:06 AM, Fred Ridder
<docudoc at hotmail.com<mailto:docudoc at hotmail.com>> wrote:

Jim Pinkham wrote:

> Orly, on the notebook point, please clarify. Did IT tell you the one
> that you have cannot be upgraded beyond 2 GB? That may well be
accurate.
> However, there are notebooks currently in stores that have 6 GB of
RAM.

But it should also be noted that only 3GB of memory can be accessed
directly if you are running a 32-bit version of Windows. It is pointless
to have more than 3GB of RAM (even if your system can physically and
electrically accommodate it) unless you are running a 64-bit Windows
version. But going from 2GB to 3GB can make a significant difference in
performance.

-FR

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