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System Requirements

Minimum

  • 64-bit version: Microsoft® Windows® 7 Service Pack 1, Windows 8.1, or Windows 10
  • 32-bit version: Microsoft Windows 7 Service Pack 1
  • Intel® Core™ 2 Duo, or AMD® Athlon™ x2 Dual-Core processor
  • 500 MB free hard disk space depending on accessory applications installed
  • 2 GB RAM
  • 3D Graphics accelerator card with OpenGL version 1.4
  • Display with 1280 x 768 pixels resolution
  • Mouse

Recommended

  • 64-bit version: Microsoft Windows 7 Service Pack 1, Windows 8.1, or Windows 10
  • 32-bit version: Microsoft Windows 7 Service Pack 1
  • Intel Core i5 processor, AMD Athlon/Phenom™ x4 processor, or better
  • 1 GB free hard disk space depending on accessory applications installed
  • 8 GB RAM
  • 3D Graphics accelerator card with OpenGL version 3.2 or better
  • Full HD monitor
  • Wheel mouse, or 3D mouse
  • Mac® with Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor or better
  • Mac OS X v10.12 (Sierra), or v10.13 (High Sierra), or v10.14 (Mojave)
  • 2GB of RAM (8GB or more recommended)
  • 500 MB of available hard-disk space for installation
  • 3D Graphics accelerator card with OpenGL version 1.4 (OpenGL version 3.2 or better recommended)
  • Display with 1280 x 768 pixels resolution, or better
  • Mouse
  • Ubuntu® 16.04 LTS, Fedora® 27 Gnome and KDE, OpenSUSE® 12.2 Gnome and KDE, OpenSUSE 13.2 Gnome
  • Intel® Core™ 2 Duo, AMD® Athlon™ X2 Dual-Core processor, or better
  • 2GB of RAM (8GB recommended)
  • 1GB of available hard-disk space for installation
  • 3D Graphics accelerator card with OpenGL version 1.4 (OpenGL version 3.2 or better recommended)
  • Display with 1280 x 768 pixels resolution, or better
  • Mouse (Wheel mouse recommended)

  Note: Product activation requires a network interface card.



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