Mar. 17th, 2006
Randomness.
Mar. 17th, 2006 01:19 amAdobe Reader v7.07 vs Foxit PDF reader 1.3
Download size: 20,756K vs 1,244K.
Install time: 1:30 vs ~10-15seconds. (The time it takes you to open the zip file and extract the .exe somewhere)
Install Size: 165MB vs 2,712KB
Startup time: 1s vs 1s (After being run at least once)
Blank startup CPU usage: 1.25sec vs 0.68sec
Blank Ram usage (private/working set): 21,152K/25,220K vs 2,520K/7,176K.
After opening a 990K [1]PDF (RAM): 34,744K/41,952K vs 4,548K/10,340K.
CPUTime: 2.35s vs 1.10s
[1]http://uscis.gov/graphics/formsfee/forms/files/i-9.pdf
The conclusion being that if you're just reading normal PDFs, why do you need a huge bloated 165MB install? Now really.
Download size: 20,756K vs 1,244K.
Install time: 1:30 vs ~10-15seconds. (The time it takes you to open the zip file and extract the .exe somewhere)
Install Size: 165MB vs 2,712KB
Startup time: 1s vs 1s (After being run at least once)
Blank startup CPU usage: 1.25sec vs 0.68sec
Blank Ram usage (private/working set): 21,152K/25,220K vs 2,520K/7,176K.
After opening a 990K [1]PDF (RAM): 34,744K/41,952K vs 4,548K/10,340K.
CPUTime: 2.35s vs 1.10s
[1]http://uscis.gov/graphics/formsfee/forms/files/i-9.pdf
The conclusion being that if you're just reading normal PDFs, why do you need a huge bloated 165MB install? Now really.