FM 9p255 only uses 25% of CPU no matter what

[Combs, Richard]

Rob Shell wrote:
 I have taken to watching FM9 crash using task manager and winternals.
> What struck me is that no matter what load was put on FM9, it never
> used
> more than 25% of the CPU. It hovered at 24.9 but never above.
> Does that means only one of the four processors is being accessed. All
> coprocessors are working...

It means that exactly. FM doesn't use multiple processors. Why does that disturb you? 

Many, many apps (even current releases) don't take advantage of multiple processors, or of only two (2 or 4 threads). There's little to be gained unless you're doing heavy graphics or video work. Your other processors are available to the other apps you're running at the same time. 

> Added to this disturbing reading (and maybe I have misunderstood how
> quads
> work) Windows 7 reports on running the compatibility add-on that FM is
> "INCOMPATIBLE" with windows 7.
> It tries to run it under the XP shell, but that makes FM very slow.
> My feeling is that FM9 was designed for Vista and nobody bothered to
> fix it
> after windows 7 was introduced.
> The last patch was two years ago. I know there are a lot of people out
> there
> who have the same issues.

FM 9 was released almost a year before Windows 7. FM 10, released more than a year ago, is compatible with Windows 7. But I wouldn't rush to upgrade, because FM 11 will likely be announced soon. 

It's unrealistic and unreasonable, IMHO, to expect Adobe to release an FM 9.x version that's Windows 7 compatible, or to fix anything other than security issues or other serious bugs. 

> Plus, there are some shocking reviews. 

None recent, I'd guess, since it's 3+ years old. 


Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
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