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Subject:Re: Windows Vista and FrameMaker From:Gary Schnabl <gSchnabl -at- LivernoisYards -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:29:10 -0400
Michael Johnson wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> It's been a long time since I posted to the list; hope I'm doing it right.
>
> I work for a government contractor at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Right now we're running FM7.2 on XP Professional. Seems to work OK.
>
> So far we've been able to fend off Vista, but it's coming, and SOON.
>
> We're wondering whether FM 7.2 is going to work, or if any version of FM will work when Vista arrives.
>
> Please respond to me personally and I will summarize for the list.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mike Johnson
> k7rvx -at- yahoo -dot- com
> Syracuse, Utah
>
>
In short, I was using FM 7.0/Acrobat Pro 8 for over two years with Vista
Ultimate on an IBM T-23, a slow laptop. Currently, am running the same
FM 7.0 with XP Pro/SP3 on a different slow P4 (benchmark 231).
Have a fast 64-bit HP m9552p (benchmark ~3400) also, but do not run FM
on it.
Gary
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