Hardware and Operating System Requirements

This lists the required and recommended computer hardware and operating system to successfully install the software.

Hardware

Required	Recommended
Pentium III, 1 GHz or better class processor	Pentium IV or better class processor
512 MB of physical memory (RAM)	1GB-4GB* of physical memory (RAM)
1 GB of free hard disk space	2 GB of free hard disk space
Screen resolution of 1152x864 pixels	Screen resolution of 1280x1024 pixels

* Depends on complexity of models built.

Operating System

SES Software can be installed on any of the following operating systems: The following lists all of the operating systems on which the SES software package was tested and passed validation.

Professional Operating Systems	Consumer Operating Systems
Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate, or Windows Server 2008 R2	Windows 7 Home Basic or Home Premium
Windows Vista Business, Ultimate, or Windows Server 2008	Windows Vista Home Basic or Home Premium
Windows XP Professional (SP3) or Windows Server 2003 (SP2)	Windows XP Home (SP3)
Windows 2000 Professional (SP4), Windows Server 2000 (SP4)

Windows XP is the recommended operating system for SES software.