Running FM9 (and TCS2) on 64-bit systems

[Dov Isaacs]

FrameMaker automatically runs properly in 32-bit mode in Vista 64-bit and Windows 7
64-bit versions. There is nothing that you need to do to cause this to happen.

	- Dov

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Sullivan [mailto:matt at grafixtraining.com]
> Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 9:19 AM
> To: Dov Isaacs; framers at lists.frameusers.com; 'Pam Coca'; RJ Jacquez
> Subject: Running FM9 (and TCS2) on 64-bit systems
> 
> In listening to various sources discuss this, can someone clarify this issue
> for me?
> 
> Does Frame automatically run in 32-bit mode on a Vista 64-bit system, or do
> you have to do setup to get it to run properly.
> 
> 
> -Matt
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
> [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Dov Isaacs
> Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 1:03 AM
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: RE: Soliciting hardware recommendations
> 
> FrameMaker certainly does run on Vista 64-bit and runs exceptionally well!
> I ran FrameMaker 8 and now FrameMaker 9 in that environment without any
> problem whatsoever.
> 
> What is true is that FrameMaker is a 32-bit application. Vista 64-bit runs
> 32-bit applications without a problem in 32-bit mode. What you do gain
> running a program like FrameMaker under Vista 64-bit is the ability of
> support much larger amounts of real memory (I run with 8 gigabytes) and thus
> run the risk of less paging activity to kill performance when running
> multiple applications concurrently! Also, I have found Vista 64-bit to be
> rock solid, running for weeks on end without reboots; my only reboots being
> necessary for the monthly "Patch Tuesday" Microsoft OS updates.
> 
> 	- Dov
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
> > [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Reng, Dr.
> > Winfried
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 12:28 AM
> > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> > Subject: RE: Soliciting hardware recommendations
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > > If you get an Intel Core 2 Duo (or Core 2 Quad) system, running at
> > > 2.6GHz or higher, with 4GB of DDR2 RAM and 7200rpm drives (RAID 0
> > > might be a bit of overkill but easy enough to do), Windows Vista
> > > Business 64-bit, and something like an nVidia 9600GT card or better,
> > > you will have *more* than enough power to run FrameMaker with
> > > excellent performance. This should cost under $1000 or so ...
> > > depending on the other options you want on it.
> >
> > Of course you can continue to use a Mac system.
> > Only a correction regarding Vista 64 bit. As far as I know FrameMaker
> > does not run on 64 bit Vista.
> > That was posted here several times.
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > Winfried
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