For those with inquiring minds, here are the hardware and software requirements for AutoCAD 2009.
-Shaan
AutoCAD 2009 System Requirements | |
| Hardware/Software | Requirement |
| Operating system | 32-Bit |
| Windows Vista Enterprise | |
| Windows Vista Business | |
| Windows Vista Ultimate | |
| Windows Vista Home Premium | |
| Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 2 | |
| Windows XP Home, Service Pack 2 | |
| 64-Bit | |
| Windows Vista Enterprise | |
| Windows Vista Business | |
| Windows Vista Ultimate | |
| Windows Vista Home Premium | |
| Windows XP Professional | |
| 32-bit | You cannot install AutoCAD if Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 with Service Pack 1 (or later) is not installed on the installation workstation. You can download Internet Explorer from the Microsoft website: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/ |
| Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 or later | |
| 64-bit | |
| Internet Explorer 7.0 or later | |
| Processor | 32-bit |
| Intel® Pentium® 4 processor or AMD® Athlon, 2.2 GHz or greater | |
| or | |
| Intel or AMD Dual Core processor, 1.6 GHz or greater | |
| 64-bit | |
| AMD 64 or Intel EM64T | |
| RAM | 32-bit |
| 1 GB (Windows XP SP2) | |
| 2 GB or greater (Windows Vista) | |
| 64-bit | |
| 2 GB | |
| Graphics card | 1280 x 1024 32-bit color video display adapter (True Color) 128 MB or greater, OpenGL®, or Direct3D® capable workstation class graphics card. |
| For Windows Vista, a Direct3D capable workstation class graphics card with 128 MB or greater is required1024 x 768 VGA with True Color (minimum) | |
| Hard disk | 750 MB for installation (Windows XP SP2) |
| 2 GB available not including installation (Windows Vista) | |
| Pointing device | Mouse, trackball, or other device |
| DVD/CD-ROM | Any speed (for installation only) |
| 32-bit | |
| Download (ESD) and installation from DVD or CD-ROM | |
| 64-bit | |
| Download or DVD | |
Additional recommendations for 3D use | |
| Hardware/Software | Requirement |
| Operating system | 32-Bit |
| Windows Vista Enterprise | |
| Windows Vista Business | |
| Windows Vista Ultimate | |
| Windows Vista Home Premium | |
| Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 2 | |
| Windows XP Home, Service Pack 2 | |
| 64-Bit | |
| Windows Vista Enterprise | |
| Windows Vista Business | |
| Windows Vista Ultimate | |
| Windows Vista Home Premium | |
| Windows XP Professional | |
| Processor | Intel® Pentium® 4 processor or AMD® Athlon, 2.2 GHz or greater |
| or | |
| Intel or AMD Dual Core processor, 1.6 GHz or greater | |
| RAM | 2 GB (or greater) |
| Graphics card | 1280 x 1024 32-bit color video display adapter (True Color) 128 MB or greater, OpenGL®, or Direct3D® capable workstation class graphics card. |
| For Windows Vista, a Direct3D capable workstation class graphics card with 128 MB or greater is required1024 x 768 VGA with True Color (minimum) | |
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