[Rhodes22-list] Computer Question

[Brad Haslett]

Herb,

Already discovered a glitch - the CD for my Bo parts catalog and mx
manuals come with Adobe Reader V5.0 embedded on the disc and you can't
install the program on a new computer without loading 5.0.  That's
fine, I just won't update it.  Foxit downloads PDF documents from the
web much faster than Adobe.  I brought a laptop back from the coast
(my brother uses the desktop) and cleaned it up for my daughter's use.

The documents I was trying to download last night and couldn't were
all related to the USCG inland fleet.  I'm trying to talk my son into
transferring off the West Coast to the Tennessee River.  As a
sweetener, I offered my boat as temporary housing so he could save
some money.

Brad

On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 7:51 AM, Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com> wrote:
> Adobe is one of the most powerful programs of its type, and it's also
> probably one of the most underutilized program of its type. Most folks
> don't need it. The vast majority of people only use Adobe to read PDF
> files. If that's all a person uses it for, then Adobe Reader is fine,
> and most Adobe substitutes will work as well. Even those that actually
> need to generate PDF files don't need the extensive capabilities of
> Adobe. They invented the concept, but had to keep adding features to
> "stay ahead of the competition", and have very much become "bloatware"
> as a result.
>
> That's a long version of saying you're probably alright dumping it, but
> I'd keep my source CD's handy just in case you find you're missing some
> capabilities that you need.
>
> Brad Haslett wrote:
>> You computer geeks probably already know this, and how to fix it as
>> well, but I only fool with my computers when they behave badly.  I've
>> been struggling with various versions of Adobe Acrobat Reader for
>> years.  I've got some manuals on CD that will run on earlier versions
>> but not later versions, and my attempt to install Acrobat 9 led to
>> nothing but frustration.  Solution - eliminate it altogether.  I just
>> downloaded Foxit Reader and so far it works great - much faster and a
>> whole lot fewer resources. Now I'm contemplating removing Acrobat from
>> the other two machines.  Anyone have experience with Foxit or a good
>> reason not to dump Adobe?
>>
>> Brad
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