It is equivalent to — if you can live with just food why is your house so big. First off all you need to know what experience are you looking for. While Adobe invented this, just pdf is not the world today. The appreciation lies in the details. Why did you need pdf if images also showed you the same view and portability. There are a lot more finer details, see below. The DC and Reader versions have different sizes. The pro version even more since it can edit too. It is now not just a reader but a suite in itself.
The day you start using it as a offline discussion tool — you will see a difference. When you start using it for business transactions requiring validations of authenticity, you will see the difference.
There is a lot more to it. I installed the software from a copy of the 48MB installer on the D disk. After the installation, the C disk had increased to It had grown by exactly ,, bytes a. Windows XP reports that it is MB.
The big question then is: what about the other some odd megabytes? That's a lot of space unaccounted for. Update: Feb 6, 11pm ET. My first go round failed to take into account the Windows Restore Points that the Adobe Reader creates when it is installed.
To account for this, I re-installed the software a second time with System Restore disabled. The space usage numbers have been revised, both to reflect the lack of restore points and to replace estimates with exact numbers.
On Windows 7 it went down from to MB. Windows XP was run in a virtual machine that already had System Restore disabled. Update: Feb 10, Added final paragraph wondering about the unaccounted for space. Michael Horowitz is an independent consultant who has long been focused on Defensive Computing.
Here are the latest Insider stories. More Insider Sign Out. Sign In Register. If you're just reading the occasional PDF or printing a document or form, your regular web browser can take care of business. Adobe Reader has a history of vulnerabilities, too. Security incidents in , , , and required serious and immediate patching to remove critical vulnerabilities. Most of the vulnerabilities stem from JavaScript vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader, allowing an attacker to exploit the program to gain access to the host computer.
So, is Adobe Reader safe? If you keep Adobe Reader updated, then you should remain safe. Adobe pushes updates for its apps on the first Tuesday of every month as part of Patch Tuesday, which many tech companies observe.
Reading through the patch notes reveals that it isn't just Adobe Reader receiving critical updates; all Adobe products require a significant patch from time-to-time. One thing you can do to increase your security is to adjust your Adobe Reader JavaScript settings.
But your browser can do exactly the same without you having to download and install an extra program. Google Chrome has an integrated PDF viewer. It has been bundled with Google Chrome since It makes opening online PDFs extremely quick, loading directly in your browser. Unfortunately, Chrome's PDF viewer doesn't have many features. Or rather, it has basically none, unless rotating your PDFs is an absolute necessity.
However, it is fast. Additionally, Google Chrome is now the most popular browser worldwide, so there is a good chance you already have it installed. Google Chrome can function as your default local PDF viewer , too.
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