Freeware PDF Reader

I have created a Windows partition on a MacBook, 32GB in size.

I am trying to avoid filling it up with "bloatware" applications like
Adobe Acrobat Reader. On my Mac, the Adobe Reader hogs 113.5MB of HD
space. I replaced it with a freeware application called Skim, which
takes only 9.3MB of HD space and is every bit as good, if not better,
than Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Can anyone recommend a freeware .pdf reader they like to replace AA
Reader on my Windows XP partition?

Many thanks.
Carl

Carl wrote:
> I have created a Windows partition on a MacBook, 32GB in size.
>
> I am trying to avoid filling it up with "bloatware" applications like
> Adobe Acrobat Reader. On my Mac, the Adobe Reader hogs 113.5MB of HD
> space. I replaced it with a freeware application called Skim, which
> takes only 9.3MB of HD space and is every bit as good, if not better,
> than Adobe Acrobat Reader.
>
> Can anyone recommend a freeware .pdf reader they like to replace AA
> Reader on my Windows XP partition?
>
> Many thanks.
> Carl



Foxit Reader
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/


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I endorse Bruce's recommendation of Foxit. Works fine for me.

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Bruce Chambers wrote:
> Carl wrote:
>> I have created a Windows partition on a MacBook, 32GB in size.
>>
>> I am trying to avoid filling it up with "bloatware" applications
>> like Adobe Acrobat Reader. On my Mac, the Adobe Reader hogs 113.5MB
>> of HD space. I replaced it with a freeware application called Skim,
>> which takes only 9.3MB of HD space and is every bit as good, if not
>> better, than Adobe Acrobat Reader.
>>
>> Can anyone recommend a freeware .pdf reader they like to replace
>> AA Reader on my Windows XP partition?
>>
>> Many thanks.
>> Carl
>
>
>
> Foxit Reader
> http://www.foxitsoftware.com/

PDF-XChange Viewer

http://www.docu-track.com/downloads/users/


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"Carl" <carlhammel1@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:carlhammel1-F99BCD.12021124112007@news.verizon.net...
> I have created a Windows partition on a MacBook, 32GB in size.
>
> I am trying to avoid filling it up with "bloatware" applications like
> Adobe Acrobat Reader. On my Mac, the Adobe Reader hogs 113.5MB of HD
> space. I replaced it with a freeware application called Skim, which
> takes only 9.3MB of HD space and is every bit as good, if not better,
> than Adobe Acrobat Reader.
>
> Can anyone recommend a freeware .pdf reader they like to replace AA
> Reader on my Windows XP partition?
>
> Many thanks.
> Carl

On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:02:13 GMT, Carl <carlhammel1@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have created a Windows partition on a MacBook, 32GB in size.
>
> I am trying to avoid filling it up with "bloatware" applications like
> Adobe Acrobat Reader. On my Mac, the Adobe Reader hogs 113.5MB of HD
> space.


I know nothing about the Macintosh, but Adobe Reader 8.0 takes 156MB
here.

You can call it "hogging" and "bloatware" if you want, but considering
that you can buy an 80GB drive for under $50, that 156GB is about $.10
US worth of disk space. On a bigger hard drive, it's even less than a
dime.

To me, that's inconsequential and nothing to get excited about. I
think it's appropriate to choose applications based on things like
performance, features, cost, etc, not on whether one uses up a few
pennies worth more of disk space than another.


> I replaced it with a freeware application called Skim, which
> takes only 9.3MB of HD space and is every bit as good, if not better,
> than Adobe Acrobat Reader.


If you like it better, then fine. That's a good reason to use it. The
disk space it saves you is not.


>
> Can anyone recommend a freeware .pdf reader they like to replace AA
> Reader on my Windows XP partition?


I'm personally happy enough with Adobe Reader, and see no compelling
reason to look for alternatives. But many other people prefer the free
Foxit, and you might want to try it. But again I urge you to evaluate
it based on features and performance, not on how much disk space it
takes up.

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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In article <3asgk3pgrutbci0bqf72f97jsnlgfja2cl@4ax.com>,
"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain> wrote:

> If you like it better, then fine. That's a good reason to use it. The
> disk space it saves you is not.
>

Thanks for the thoughtful reply, Ken.

My situation is this: I just got an entry-level MacBook which came with
a HD with 80GB.

Only after receiving it did I decide to install Windows XP and when I
did so, choose a 15GB partition because I intended to use Windows to do
some things with my GPS that are better supported under Windows than
they are under Macintosh.

So, you can see disc space is at a premium. I tossed Apple's iTunes
which I don't intend to use, and that saved me a ton of space. The
anti-virus program I received came with instructions in PDF format and
so I needed something to read them. Hated to eat up so much disc space
with Adobe just to read a document or two.

I'll check out the reader you suggested.

In article <#VOUE6rLIHA.5580@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>,
Bruce Chambers <bchambers@cable0ne.n3t> wrote:

>
> Foxit Reader
> http://www.foxitsoftware.com/
>
>
> --
>
> Bruce Chambers

Thanks, Bruce, will check it out. Carl

In article <13kgrqq169dcs80@corp.supernews.com>,
"Don Schmidt" <Don Engineer@PNB.Retired_1987> wrote:

> PDF-XChange Viewer
>
> http://www.docu-track.com/downloads/users/
>

Thanks, Don, will take a look at this one. Carl

On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 21:21:36 GMT, Carl <carlhammel1@gmail.com> wrote:

> In article <3asgk3pgrutbci0bqf72f97jsnlgfja2cl@4ax.com>,
> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain> wrote:
>
> > If you like it better, then fine. That's a good reason to use it. The
> > disk space it saves you is not.
> >
>
> Thanks for the thoughtful reply, Ken.


You're welcome. Glad to help.


> My situation is this: I just got an entry-level MacBook which came with
> a HD with 80GB.
>
> Only after receiving it did I decide to install Windows XP and when I
> did so, choose a 15GB partition because I intended to use Windows to do
> some things with my GPS that are better supported under Windows than
> they are under Macintosh.
>
> So, you can see disc space is at a premium.


OK, then your situation is a little different and the small amount of
disk space that is involved here is more significant to you than to
most of us.


> I tossed Apple's iTunes
> which I don't intend to use, and that saved me a ton of space. The
> anti-virus program I received came with instructions in PDF format and
> so I needed something to read them. Hated to eat up so much disc space
> with Adobe just to read a document or two.
>
> I'll check out the reader you suggested.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

I endorse Gerry's endorsement. :-)

Gerry wrote:
> Carl
>
> I endorse Bruce's recommendation of Foxit. Works fine for me.
>
>
> Bruce Chambers wrote:
>> Carl wrote:
>>> I have created a Windows partition on a MacBook, 32GB in size.
>>>
>>> I am trying to avoid filling it up with "bloatware" applications
>>> like Adobe Acrobat Reader. On my Mac, the Adobe Reader hogs 113.5MB
>>> of HD space. I replaced it with a freeware application called Skim,
>>> which takes only 9.3MB of HD space and is every bit as good, if not
>>> better, than Adobe Acrobat Reader.
>>>
>>> Can anyone recommend a freeware .pdf reader they like to replace
>>> AA Reader on my Windows XP partition?
>>>
>>> Many thanks.
>>> Carl
>>
>>
>>
>> Foxit Reader
>> http://www.foxitsoftware.com/