Appendix A

Computer requirements

 

SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE FUNCTIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hard Disk Space to

 

 

Computer Platform &

Processor

Minimum

Recommended

install

Supported

 

Operating System Version

Minimum Speed

RAM

RAM

For

For

PC Interface

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drivers

Applications

 

 

Windows®

Windows® XP

Intel® Core™2 Duo

1 GB

2 GB

80 MB

1.2 GB

USB

 

Operating

Home

or equivalent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

System

Windows® XP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Professional

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Windows® XP

64-bit (Intel®64 or

1

GB

2

GB

 

 

 

 

 

Professional x64

AMD64) supported

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edition

CPU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Windows Vista®

Intel® Core™2 Duo

1 GB

2 GB

80 MB

1.2 GB

 

 

 

 

or equivalent 64-bit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Intel®64 or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMD64) supported

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CPU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Windows® 7

Intel® Core™2 Duo

1 GB

(32-bit)

2 GB

(32-bit)

80 MB

1.2 GB

 

 

 

 

or equivalent 64-bit

2 GB

(64-bit)

4 GB

(64-bit)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Intel®64 or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMD64) supported

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CPU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Windows® 8

Intel® Core™ i3 or

1 GB

(32-bit)

2 GB

(32-bit)

80 MB

1.2 GB

 

 

 

 

equivalent 64-bit

2 GB

(64-bit)

4 GB

(64-bit)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Intel®64 or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMD64) supported

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CPU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Macintosh

Mac OS X 10.6.x

Intel® Processor

1

GB

2

GB

80 MB

400 MB

USB

 

Operating

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mac OS X 10.7.x

Intel® Processor

1

GB

2

GB

 

 

 

 

System

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A

Mac OS X 10.8.x

Intel® Processor

2

GB

4

GB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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