Windows 7 + FrameMaker 11 = BOOM!

[Davis, David]

Fred, one of the most basic functions of an operating system is to be able to manage memory (without crashing!)  :) 
Simply because applications might all want more memory on the go at one time than is physically available, should not mean that anything crashes! It gets paged in and out.   Windows 7, indeed, has more robust sandboxing of memory usage between apps than Windows XP. 
The idea that "you gotta have 8GB of RAM otherwise Frame will crash" is a bit sweeping!
David


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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2013 14:37:29 -0400
From: Fred Ridder <docudoc at hotmail.com>
To: Helen Borrie <helebor at iinet.net.au>,
	"framers at lists.frameusers.com"	<framers at lists.frameusers.com>
Subject: RE: Windows 7 + FrameMaker 11 = BOOM!
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But the application is not the only thing using memory. Even if a 32-bit application can only address 4 GB, any additional installed memory can still be used by the OS and by other processes if a 64-bit OS is being used. Having more than 4 GB means that a 32-bit application will have a lot less contention for memory resources even if it can only access 1/2 or 1/3 of the total memory available to the OS.

-Fred Ridder

> Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 06:23:55 +1200
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> From: helebor at iinet.net.au
> Subject: RE: Windows 7 + FrameMaker 11 = BOOM!
> 
> At 01:32 a.m. 10/08/2013, Rick Quatro wrote:
> > 
> >Otherwise, make sure the writers have plenty of RAM. In my opinion, 8 GB is the minimum. This may help with the performance problems.
> > 
> 
> More than 4 GB of RAM is of absolutely no use for running a 32-bit application, whether it be on a 32-bit or 64-bit operating system.
> 
> Helen

 	


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