System requirements

Before you begin, ensure that your system meets the following requirements:

Windows

Item

Requirements

Recommended

 

 

 

 

Operating

Windows 2000/XP/Vista and Windows Server 2003

system

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CPU

Windows 2000

Pentium II

Pentium III

 

 

400 MHz or

933 MHz

 

 

higher

 

 

 

 

 

 

Windows XP/

Pentium III

Pentium IV

 

Vista and

933 MHz or

1 GHz

 

Windows Server

higher

 

 

2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

RAM

Windows 2000

64 MB or more

128 MB

 

 

 

 

 

Windows XP

 

256 MB

 

and Windows

128 MB or more

 

 

Server 2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Windows Vista

512 MB or more

1 GB

 

 

 

 

Free disk

Windows 2000

600 MB or more

1 GB

space

 

 

 

Windows XP

1 GB or more

5 GB

 

 

and Windows

 

 

 

Server 2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Windows Vista

15 GB

15 GB or more

 

 

 

 

Internet

Windows 2000/

5.0 or higher

 

Explorer

XP and

 

 

 

Windows Server

 

 

 

2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Windows Vista

7.0 or higher

 

 

 

 

 

Note

• For Windows 2000/XP/Vista and Windows Server 2003, users who have an administrator right can install the software.

Macintosh

Operating

 

Requirement (Recommended)

 

 

 

 

system

 

CUP

RAM

Free HDD

 

 

space

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mac OS X 10.4

• PowerPC

• 128 MB for a

1 GB

or lower

 

G4/G5

PowerPC based

 

 

Intel

MAC (512 MB)

 

 

 

processors

• 512 MB for an

 

 

 

 

Intel based

 

 

 

 

MAC (1 GB)

 

 

 

 

 

Mac OS X 10.5

• 867 MHz or

512 MB (1 GB)

1 GB

 

 

faster

 

 

 

 

PowerPC

 

 

 

 

G4/G5

 

 

 

Intel

 

 

 

 

processors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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