Agreed with the comments so far. *Most* laptops that are more than a year or two old cannot even have more than 4GB physically installed - the hardware does not allow it, and a 32-bit OS reduces this to somewhere between 2.8GB and 3.7GB - depending on the graphics card in there, the add-on hardware elements, etc.
Even today, when you buy a "new" laptop, to get more than 4GB (most are 8GB max, but there is a 16GB Mobile Workstation laptop at Dell - expensive), you have to make sure to pick the correct model! Else you get limited to 4GB installed. Then, as already mentioned, to take advantage of that extra memory, you have to run a 64-bit OS. Which is generally okay nowadays, but you need to make sure that what you use is also compatible, or you have to spend time figuring things out and configuring applications accordingly (Windows 7 does make this easier). Old 32-bit drivers are, however, a problem. If a peripheral or app uses 32-bit drivers, you cannot use it on a 64-bit OS. Note that FrameMaker runs fine on a 64-bit OS. Z -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Orly Zimmerman Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 6:20 AM To: Art Campbell; Fred Ridder Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: FM crashing upon attempt to create PDF - 3Qs Thank you all for this info!! It's very helpful. I will return to the IT people and clarify this. They gave me the impression that no laptop could handle more than 3GB. I'm really much more efficient with a laptop as I'm also my kids "chauffeur" so, I'm always on the move and would like/need to have the most souped up gadget I can, while still in the company's budget. Orly. ________________________________ From: Art Campbell [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 4:13 PM To: Fred Ridder Cc: jim.pinkham at voith.com; Orly Zimmerman; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: FM crashing upon attempt to create PDF - 3Qs Fred's correct, but I did notice that things changed slightly with W7. W7 32 seems to be able to address about 3.6 or so of RAM -- I'd have to check to get an exact figure, but it was a nicely larger chunk on my 4G system. Art Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com<mailto:art.campbell at gmail.com> "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 9:06 AM, Fred Ridder <docudoc at hotmail.com<mailto:docudoc at hotmail.com>> wrote: Jim Pinkham wrote: > Orly, on the notebook point, please clarify. Did IT tell you the one > that you have cannot be upgraded beyond 2 GB? That may well be accurate. > However, there are notebooks currently in stores that have 6 GB of RAM. But it should also be noted that only 3GB of memory can be accessed directly if you are running a 32-bit version of Windows. It is pointless to have more than 3GB of RAM (even if your system can physically and electrically accommodate it) unless you are running a 64-bit Windows version. But going from 2GB to 3GB can make a significant difference in performance. -FR _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as art.campbell at gmail.com<mailto:art.campbell at gmail.com>. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com<mailto:framers at lists.frameusers.com>. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com<mailto:framers-unsubscribe at list s.frameusers.com> or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail .com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com<mailto:listadmin at frameusers.com>. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as Syed.Hosain at aeris.net. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/syed.hosain%40aeris. net Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
