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System Requirements

MicroView is compatible with most common desktop environments including macOS, Windows and Linux. The sections below describe computer requirements necessary to run MicroView on each supported platform.

Windows

For Windows computers, the suggested minimum requirement is:

  • an Intel i5 processor or equivalent
  • 1 GB RAM (4 GB recommended)
  • Windows 7 or newer (Windows XP no longer supported)
  • a 3D-accelerated video card with 512 MB of texture memory (1 GB recommended)
  • 550 MB of available hard disk space
  • SVGA monitor and graphics capabilities (1280x1024 resolution, or higher, recommended)

The actual memory requirements will depend on the size of image loaded into MicroView, and the operations performed on the image once it is loaded. Some operations require up to 5X the memory of the original file size, so plan accordingly. Under 32-bit Windows (XP/Vista/Win7), the maximum file size that can be loaded is 854 MB, so roughly 1-2 GB of RAM is recommended for normal use. See this note for additional information on how to improve MicroView memory performance under Windows XP. For 64-bit version of MicroView, maximum image size is limited by the amount of system RAM and graphics texture memory.

macOS

For Macintosh computers, MicroView requires a minimum of:

  • a 64-bit Intel-based Mac computer (PPC support has been discontinued with this release)
  • 1 GB RAM (2 GB recommended)
  • macOS 10.8 or newer
  • a 3D-accelerated video card with 512 MB of texture memory (1 GB recommended)
  • 550 MB of available hard disk space
  • SVGA monitor and graphics capabilities (1280x1024 resolution, or higher, recommended)

Linux

For Linux computers, MicroView's computer and memory requirements are identical to the Windows requirements, listed above.

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