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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Hi Shelly,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Rick<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Rick Quatro<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Carmen Publishing Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>585-659-8267<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>rick@frameexpert.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Shelly Schneider<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 03, 2011 9:31 AM<br><b>To:</b> framers@lists.frameusers.com<br><b>Subject:</b> 64 bit laptop: Be afraid??<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi All,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks in advance for sharing your experience with me!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Shelly Schneider<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:middle'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>There are three ways to get something done; do it yourself, hire someone, or forbid your kids to do it. <a href="http://quotes4all.net/mona%20crane.html" target="_blank" title="1 Quote"><span style='text-decoration:none'>Mona Crane</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>