| Item |
Minimum |
Recommended |
Comment |
| Motherboard |
Including 1 PCI slot |
Including 1 or more PCI slots |
|
| Processor |
Pentium® 4 |
64-bit |
Must meet or exceed speed specs. Can be Pentium 4, AMD, Intel® Core/Duo, etc. No Celeron® chips |
| Memory |
Windows 8: 2GB
Windows 7 32bit: 1GB
Windows 7 64bit: 2GB
Windows XP: 1GB |
Windows 7 or Windows 8: 4GB highly recommended
Windows XP: 3.5GB highly recommended |
|
| Hard Drive |
2X 200GB |
2X 500GB |
2 IDE/EIDE/SATA* Two logical Hard Drives should be configured. External USB hard drive is acceptable |
| Video |
SVGA/AGP |
SVGA/AGP |
|
| Network Port |
10/100 |
10/100/1 GB |
|
| USB |
1.1 |
2.0 |
DVD backups are much faster on 2.0. |
| Monitor |
SVGA |
SVGA |
|
| Serial Ports |
Only necessary if using dumb terminals or serial printers |
Only necessary if using dumb terminals or serial printers |
Must be on board COM ports or one COM port and one or more multi-port serial board Digi Neo (model 70001947) or C/X. We do not support non-digi third party I/O boards. |
| Surge Protector |
Required |
Required |
>See below |
| UPS |
Required |
Required |
UPS - APC Smart UPS 600VA or higher or equivalent. |
| Backups |
DVD+RW drive |
Internal DVD+RW Burner |
Must use DVD+RW compatible media for backups.
|
| Operating System - Workstation |
- Windows XP Professional – 32bit only
- Windows Vista Business – 32bit only
- Windows Vista Ultimate – 32bit only
- Windows 7 Ultimate
- Windows 7 Professional
- Windows 8 Enterprise
- Windows 8 Professional
|
- Windows XP Professional – 32bit only
- Windows Vista Business – 32bit only
- Windows Vista Ultimate – 32bit only
- Windows 7 Ultimate
- Windows 7 Professional
- Windows 8 Enterprise
- Windows 8 Professional
|
Windows XP Home and XP Media Center are NOT supported for a server or a workstation. Vista Home versions (Vista Home Basic or Vista Home Pro) are NOT supported for workstations. Windows 7 Home is NOT supported. |
| Operating System - Server |
- Windows XP Professional-32bit only
- Windows 2003 Server Standard SP2-32bit only
- Windows 7 Ultimate – 32 or 64bit
- Windows 7 Professional – 32 or 64bit
- Windows 2008 Standard R2 - 64bit
- Windows 8 Professional
|
- Windows XP Professional – 32bit only
- Windows 2003 Server Standard SP2-32bit only
- Windows 7 Ultimate – 32 or 64bit
- Windows 7 Professional – 32 or 64bit
- Windows 2008 Standard R2 - 64bit
- Windows 8 Professional
|
Windows XP Home and XP Media Center are NOT supported for a server or a workstation. Windows 2003, 2008, and 2012 Server Small Business Suite are NOT supported. Vista (all versions) is not compatible and is NOT supported. Windows 7 Home is NOT supported. |
| Virus Protection |
AVAST® |
AVAST® |
|
| Remote Administration Software |
WinVNC |
WinVNC |
Allows remote administration of the desktop. |
