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Operating System
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Applications and Usage Environment
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Suggested Memory
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Windows Vista |
Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Ultimate, Windows
Vista Business |
1GB-2GB |
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Operating systems such as: Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT (workstation), and Windows 98/ME |
Standard office applications such as email, word processing, web browsing, and spreadsheets |
256MB-512MB |
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More sophisticated applications such as music and/or video, Internet content creation, database processing |
512MB-1GB |
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Demanding applications such as games, manipulation of complex images and photographs, multimedia file sharing, creation of sophisticated content such as video |
1 GB-2GB or System Max |
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Server operating systems such as: Windows 2003 Server, Windows 2000 Server, Windows NT Server, and Linux |
Workgroup server functions such as centralized file storage, print servers, intranet hosting |
1GB-4GB |
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Midrange server applications such as web hosting, workgroup database and application servers, Internet security and traffic management |
2GB-8GB |
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Enterprise-level servers performing functions running corporate database applications, CRM and MRP/ERP applications |
4GB-8GB |
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Apple OS X |
Word processing, spread sheet, email |
64MB-256MB |
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Databases, graphical presentations, Internet |
128MB-512MB |
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Games, multimedia, photo editing, web development, video, 3D CAD, animation |
128MB-Max |
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Linux |
Word processing, spread sheet, email |
32MB-128MB |
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Databases, graphical presentations, Internet |
64MB-256MB |
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Games, multimedia, photo editing, web development, video, 3D CAD, animation |
128MB-1GB |