Upgrading to Enfocus Pitstop 13 - worth it?

[imperfectoutlaw]

I work in prepress in a smallish printhouse.
We are thinking of uprading to Enfocus Pitstop 13, but that requires Acrobat Pro DC. (It seems Acrobat Pro XI is no longer available?)
Do you recommend upgrading? Are the newest versions stable now? (I read some horror stories dating 2015, how they were constantly crashing)

Right now I have Windows 7 Pro 64-bit, RAM 6GB, Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 3.46GHz ;
Acrobat Pro IX and plugin Enfocus Pitstop 7.2 (ancient, I know, but reliable)

Thank you for any advice!

 

[prepressdork]

Pitstop 13 will run just fine on Acrobat XI and is stable. If you can, I would recommend adding additional memory to your PC though. As far as whether you should upgrade, the best answer I can give you is to spend some time on Enfocus' website and look at the documentation about what's new in each release since Pitstop 7. Enfocus has added quite a few new features since 7.

One thing that might be worth mentioning is that you...might...have to buy a full version as your are several versions old and 7 may not have an upgrade path.

Cheers,
pd

 

[M@CK]

Hey imperfectoutlaw,

I went from 12 to 13 and just a single action is making it all worth my while "Generate Bleed to 3mm if Some, None, or not Enough" this is a time saver and job saver for me.
And no this version is the fastest and most stable in my opinion, much faster when tabbing in fields like fill values or strokes

just my 2 cents.

 

[abc]

Can confirm Acrobat X, XI and DC are supported by PitStop 13
https://www.enfocus.com/en/support/system-requirements/pitstop-pro-system-requirements

 

[abc]

Hi imperfectoutlaw
if you want to upgrade your version 7, drop me an email at [email protected]
We'll work something out for you regarding upgrade pricing, call it an early Christmas present

 

[imperfectoutlaw]

Thank you for the input, I'll talk with my boss then.