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About 10 years ago, Acrobat Reader surpassed 200MB on my home PC. On that principle, I switched to Foxit. This can open PDF files and its directory is under 10MB. Plus, it's portable, so it will survive on drive D: during a reformat and it's there ready to be used again.
On my work's PC, I notice that Acrobat Reader hangs a lot. I checked its footprint, and surprised I was (and not surprised at the same time) to see that it's now 435MB.
This isn't the full Adobe Acrobat program where you can create PDFs and it's not Adobe Page Maker either. This is just the bog standard Reader! So any idea why it's such a footprint? When I use a computer, I have high expectations i.e. programs to load up in a snap, so this frustrates me. Same with Word 2010, where first-time use per session takes around 30 seconds to load. Then Outlook 2010 and that's another 30 seconds. On my home PC, I tend to stick to older program versions. Bear in mind that both my work's PC and home PC have a similar CPU Passmark of around 8000.
On my work's PC, I notice that Acrobat Reader hangs a lot. I checked its footprint, and surprised I was (and not surprised at the same time) to see that it's now 435MB.
This isn't the full Adobe Acrobat program where you can create PDFs and it's not Adobe Page Maker either. This is just the bog standard Reader! So any idea why it's such a footprint? When I use a computer, I have high expectations i.e. programs to load up in a snap, so this frustrates me. Same with Word 2010, where first-time use per session takes around 30 seconds to load. Then Outlook 2010 and that's another 30 seconds. On my home PC, I tend to stick to older program versions. Bear in mind that both my work's PC and home PC have a similar CPU Passmark of around 8000.
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