Adobe Reader - current version and updates
The latest version of Adobe reader as of 11/22/09 is 9.2.
I've been using v7.1, since it seems less bloated than v6 or v8. I don't think I tried v9, or if I did, it must have been too bloated as well.
Adobe recently posted some updates, including security updates. V7 is now up to 7.1.4. The quickest way to get it from scratch is to start with the full 7.1 installer and then install the 7.1.3 update, followed by the 7.1.4 update.
Here are all the Reader updates for Windows:
Adobe - Adobe Reader : For Windows
Latest version is now 10.0.1, next version is 9.4.2
Even with an older computer running Windows 2000, I found that version 9 doesn't seem nearly as bloated as certain older versions, and it's new enough to get security updates.
Adobe Reader - current version and updates
The latest version of Adobe reader as of 11/22/09 is 9.2. it is very helpful for everyone.Thanks for share this .
As of early January 2012 - Adobe Reader 10.1.2 and 9.5
For Windows 2000, the latest version of Adobe Reader is 9.5. For XP, the latest version is 10.1.2. If you're running Mac OS X 10.4.11, the latest version is 9.4. Version 10 is supposed to be more secure, and it runs pretty well on my Pentium 4 from 2003 running XP. I'm using version 9 on my Windows 2000. Older versions than 9 are no longer supported, and most or all of them probably have security problems.
The "classic" older versions are 4, 5, and 7. Versions 6 and 8 seemed pretty bloated to me.For Macs running OS 9, I suppose
Adobe is now making it more difficult to download the whole installer directly. They are pushing their download manager, which failed for me several times last night, wasting a lot of time. When it failed, it went to this page:
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/403/kb403595.html
This contains a link to a direct download page, which works.
When I tried to go to this download page directly - http://get.adobe.com/reader/direct/ - it changed the page to http://get.adobe.com/reader/ - which downloads only the unreliable download manager.
If you use the link from the first web page I mentioned, you'll get the direct download page.