Chapter 1 Setting Up Your Palm™ Tungsten™ T2 Handheld
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System requirements
To install and operate Palm™ Desktop software, your computer system must meet
the requirements described in this section.

Minimum requirements: Windows computers

The minimum requirements for Windows computers are as follows:
■IBM-compatible Pentium-class computer
■One of the following operating systems:
– Windows NT 4.0 Workstation and SP6 or later (requires a serial
cradle/cable—sold separately—and administrator rights to install Palm
Desktop software)
–Windows 98
–Windows ME
– Windows 2000 Pro (requires administrator rights to install Palm Desktop
software)
– Windows XP Home or Pro (requires administrator rights to install Palm
Desktop software)
■Internet Explorer 4.01 with SP2 or later
■50 megabytes (MB) available hard disk space
■VGA monitor or better (Palm Desktop software Quick Tour requires 256-color
video display; 16 Bit or High Color, and 800 x 600 resolution recommended)
■CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive.
■Mouse
■One available USB port or serial port (serial cradle/cable sold separately)

Minimum requirements: Mac computers

The minimum requirements for Mac computers are as follows:
■Mac computer or compatible with a PowerPC processor
■Mac OS 9, version 9.1 or later with 12MB available memory or Mac OS X,
version 10.1.2 or later
■25MB available hard disk space
■Monitor that supports screen resolution of 800 x 600 or better