Specify 6 Hardware and Software Requirements

MAC OS X

  • Intel Core 2 Duo processor (shipped mid-2006) or later
  • Mac OS X Leopard version 10.5.4 or later
  • 2 GB RAM preferred, 1 GB RAM minimum
  • Java SE Run-time Environment ("JRE") 1.6 (=6.0) or later. Java comes pre-installed with Mac OS X.
  • MySQL 5.1 or later
  • ~125 MB disk space for Specify installation
  • ~250 MB disk space for MySQL installation
  • ~1 MB for 500 Collection Object Records (~1 GB for 500,000 records)
  • 1440x900 or 1280x1024 screen resolution preferred, 1024x768 minimum

Windows (XP, Vista and 7)

  • Most any processor purchased in the last two years
  • Windows XP Service Pack 3 or Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Windows 7
  • 2 GB RAM preferred, 1 GB RAM minimum
  • Java SE Run-time Environment ("JRE") 1.6 (=6.0) or later
  • MySQL 5.1 or later
  • ~175 MB disk space for Specify installation
  • ~150 MB disk space for MySQL installation
  • ~100 MB disk space for Java installation
  • ~1 MB for 500 Collection Object records (~1 GB for 500,000 records)
  • 1280x1024 screen resolution preferred, 1024x768 minimum

Linux

  • Most any processor purchased in the last three years
  • Tested and supported on Ubuntu and Fedora--let us know if you have used other Linuxes.
  • 2 GB RAM preferred, 1 GB RAM minimum
  • Java SE Run-time Environment ("JRE") 1.6 (=6.0) or later
  • MySQL 5.1 or later
  • ~150 MB disk space for Specify installation
  • ~100 MB disk space for MySQL installation
  • ~100 MB disk space for Java installation
  • ~1 MB for 500 Collection Object records (~1 GB for 500,000 records)
  • 1440x900 or 1280x1024 screen resolution preferred, 1024x768 minimum