Moving FM9 to New Computer - Deciding on OS

[Jeremy H. Griffith]

On Wed, 5 Jan 2011 16:38:41 -0800, Alison Craig 
<Alison.Craig at ultrasonix.com> wrote:

>I'm about to get a new computer and have already had to rule out 
>moving to Windows 7 as that would require an extra $1000 in software 
>upgrades (among other programs, I run Adobe CS2 Premium which does 
>everything I need at the moment).
>
>None of the spec details on Adobe's site state whether or not 
>FrameMaker 9 will run on XP Pro 64 bit - although they do include 
>the Vista and Windows 7 64 bit OS. I haven't been able to find 
>anything specific on Google. And the entries I've found on this 
>List speak to Vista and Windows 7 64 bit, not XP.
>
>Can anyone tell me if FM9 will run *reliably* on XP 64 bit? If 
>there are "issues", then I'll have to stick to 32 bit - or convince 
>the powers that be that an extra $1000 for software is a bargain ;-))))

I'm currently running FM9 on 32-bit XP SP3 with no more than the
usual FM9 problems.  (I still use FM8 for real work.)  I would
*not* advise 64-bit XP, which was not ready for commercial use 
and lacks numerous hardware drivers you are likely to need.

Note that if you get Win 7 Pro, you can specify that some apps
run in "compatibility mode" for earlier versions, like XP.
However, this does not always work.  You can't run any 16-bit
apps, for example, even though they ran in the real XP.  But
32-bit apps mostly work fine.

HTH!

-- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc.
  <jeremy at omsys.com>  http://www.omsys.com/