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Computer Purchase Guide

Minimum

Recommended

Operating System

PC: Windows 2000
Mac: OSX 10.2

PC: Windows XP Pro
Mac: OSX 10.4S

Processor

PC: Intel Celeron D or AMD Sempron
Mac: G4 1.25 Ghz


PC: Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 64
Mac: G5 1.9 Ghz

RAM

256 megabytes (MB)

512 megabytes (MB)

Optical Drive

CD or DVD drive


CD drive for playing audio CDs, copying files or installing programs
CD-RW drive for burning CDs
DVD drive for playing DVDs

Hard Drive

20gb free space/ 80gb drive

30gb of free space/ 160gb drive

Internet

16-bit sound card

24-bit sound card

Modem

56K modem

Broadband (Cable or DSL)

Video

32 megabytes (MB) of RAM

128 megabytes (MB) of RAM

Monitor

800x600 pixel resolution

1024x768 pixel resolution

Sound Output

Speakers

Speakers

Software


PC: MS Office 2000
AntiVirus Software
Mac: MS Office 2001
Anti-Virus Software

PC: MS Office 2003
Anti-Virus Software
Mac: MS Office 2004
Anti-Virus Software

Plug-ins
(free downloads)


> Microsoft Internet Explorer
6 or Netscape 7.1
> Windows Media Player 9
> Adobe Acrobat Reader 7
> Flash Player 8
> Java Runtime
Environment 5.0

> Microsoft Internet Explorer
6 or Netscape 7.1
> Windows Media Player 9
> Adobe Acrobat Reader 7
> Flash Player 8
> Java Runtime
Environment 5.0




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