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1. Comment - Adobe Leaves Behind 9x with Acrobat 7

   (Dec 22, 2004 - 11:21 PM)

   When I first tried reader version 7.0, I have to admit I silently said "wow." I installed the program on 3 of my company's 4 computers, then I realized this was all too good to be true.
   
   I already have 3 beefs with this program:
   
   1) It loads up part of the program on start up, which slows the start up of windows, and consumes memory unnecessarily.
   
   2) If I view a PDF in Internet Explorer or Firefox, Acrobat does not unload! Instead, Acrobat actually balloons by increasing from 24 MB up to 26 MB when I close the browser.
   
   3) Making point #2 even worse, there is a memory leak that causes Acrobat to slowly balloon in size, even I leave the PC idle for even a few minutes.
   
   I am going to uninstall version 7.0 and go back to the Adobe Reader 6.0/Adobe Reader Speed Up combo. If I had version 5.0, I would go back it because it does not have the bloat (aka extras that 99% of users will never use) contained in the newer versions.