Item

Minimum

Recommended

CPU

Intel® Pentium® 4, AMD Athlon™ 64 or AMD Opteron™

2 GHz + Latest Intel or AMD 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) multi core processor

Operating System

Microsoft® Windows® 7, Windows Vista®, Windows® XP, with latest service packs installed (32-bit or 64-bit editions)

Microsoft® Windows® 7 with latest service packs installed (32-bit or 64-bit editions)

Browser

I.E. 7.0 or Later

I.E. 7.0 or Later

Memory

1 GB

2 GB (More if running multiple applications)

Hard Disk Size

40 GB

80 GB or More

Free Disk Space

At least 10GB after installation

At least 20GB after installation

Graphics Card

Support for Highest Color (32bit) and resolution (1024 X 768)

Support for DirectX 9 graphics with:
WDDM Driver
512MB or higher of graphics memory (non-integrated)
Pixel Shader 2.0 in hardware
32 bits per pixel
Dual Monitor Capable

Monitor

17" at 1024 X 768

Dual Monitors capable of displaying 1280 X 1024 or higher

Scanner, Printer, Plotter

Windows-compatible (any connection method e.g. parallel, USB).

USB Ports

Dedicated USB port for a USB Dongle

Mouse

PS/2 or USB mouse

PS/2 or USB mouse

Data drives

DVD-ROM Drive for software installation
Dual Layer DVD-ROM for Extras DVD

Backup Device - e.g. DVD Burner, Tape Backup, removable hard drive.

Sound Card

Required for multimedia training.

Required for multimedia training.