Operating System Requirements
Windows Operating Systems
Windows 8 system requirements
- 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
- 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
- 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB available hard disk space (64-bit)
- DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
Windows 7 system requirements
- 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
- 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
- 40 GB available hard disk space (80 GB if bitlocker enabled)
- DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
Windows XP system requirements
- Pentium 233-megahertz (MHz) processor or faster (300 MHz is recommended)
- At least 64 megabytes (MB) of RAM (128 MB is recommended)
- At least 1.5 gigabytes (GB) of available space on the hard disk
- Video adapter and monitor with Super VGA (800 x 600)or higher resolution
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Macintosh Operating Systems
Mac OS X 10.8 system requirements
- 64-bit Intel Core 2 Duo processor or higher
- 2 GB of RAM
- 8 GB of hard disk space
- Mac OS X v10.6.8 or later
Mac OS X 10.7 system requirements
- Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor
- 2GB of RAM
- Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later with the Mac App Store installed
- At least 4GB of additional disk space to accommodate the download
Mac OS X 10.6 system requirements
- Mac computer with an Intel processor
- 1GB of memory
- 5GB of available disk space
- DVD drive for installation
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