64 bit laptop: Be afraid??

[Rick Quatro]

Hi Shelly,

 

I don't think it is the computer itself that matters, it is the OS. If you
install a 64-bit OS on your current machine, then you can access larger
amounts of RAM. It has been my experience that generous amounts of RAM can
solve a lot of problems with Windows computers, including FrameMaker and
Acrobat issues. The last machine I built has 12 GB of RAM, and I haven't
experienced any of the FrameMaker 9 crashing problems that people report.
This isn't to say that I never crash Frame, but it is usually because I am
hammering it with a complex script.

 

So, if you can upgrade your current computer to 8 GB of RAM and 64-bit
Windows 7, you should see a big improvement. If the machine is already at
its maximum at 4 GB, then it probably wouldn't be worth upgrading to 64-bit
Windows. Just make sure that your new laptop can handle at least 8 GB of
RAM.

 

Rick

 

Rick Quatro

Carmen Publishing Inc.

585-659-8267

rick at frameexpert.com

 

 

 

From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Shelly Schneider
Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 9:31 AM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: 64 bit laptop: Be afraid??

 

Hi All,

 

I'm thinking about upgrading to a 64 bit machine.  I've had problems with
FrameMaker and Acrobat on my 32 bit laptop ever since I moved "up" from
Frame 8 and Windows XP.  I'm running Windows 7 with 4 Gb RAM (3 Gb usable)
on an Intel Core Duo @2 GHz; FrameMaker 9.0p255, Acrobat 9 Pro, and WebWorks
ePublisher 2009.3. My current laptop is only 18 months old. 

 

Do Frame and Acrobat (and WebWorks) run any more reliably on a 64 bit
machine? Faster? Will shelling out the bucks to upgrade to the latest
releases make a difference in how well they run on 64 bits?

 

On my current system, Frame tends to crash and needs to be restarted.
Acrobat also crashes before (slowly) finishing large documents even after a
reboot, although when you look for the PDF it's there and seems to look and
work fine.  Sometimes "Save as PDF" also crashes, but creating a .ps file by
printing to the Adobe PDF printer and then distilling the ps file works.
Various Windows software runs so slowly and is so crash-happy that 64 bits
also seems needed to improve that as well.

 

Thanks in advance for sharing your experience with me!

 

Shelly Schneider

There are three ways to get something done; do it yourself, hire someone, or
forbid your kids to do it.   <http://quotes4all.net/mona%20crane.html> Mona
Crane

 

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