AutoCAD
System Requirements
For Windows Users
For 32-bit AutoCAD 2010
- Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional or Home edition (SP2 or later)
- Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® dual-core processor, 1.6 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology
- 2 GB RAM
- 1 GB free disk space for installation
- 1,024 x 768 VGA display with true color
- Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0 or later
- Install from download, DVD, or CD
or
- Microsoft® Windows Vista® (SP1 or later) including Enterprise, Business, Ultimate, or Home Premium edition (compare Windows Vista versions)
- Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon dual-core processor, 3 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology
- 2 GB RAM
- 1 GB free disk space for installation
- 1,024 x 768 VGA display with true color
- Internet Explorer 7.0 or later
- Install from download, DVD, or CD
or
- Microsoft® Windows 7 (see note below)
- Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon dual-core processor, 3 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology
- 2 GB RAM
- 1 GB free disk space for installation
- 1,024 x 768 VGA display with true color
- Internet Explorer 7.0 or later
- Install from download, DVD, or CD
For 64-bit AutoCAD 2010
- Windows XP Professional x64 edition (SP2 or later) or Windows Vista (SP1 or later) including Enterprise, Business, Ultimate, or Home Premium edition (compare Windows Vista versions), or Windows 7 (see note below)
- AMD Athlon 64 with SSE2 technology, or AMD Opteron® processor with SSE2 technology, or Intel® Xeon® processor with Intel EM64T support and SSE2 technology, or Intel Pentium 4 with Intel EM64T support and SSE2 technology
- 2 GB RAM
- 1.5 GB free space for installation
- 1,024 x 768 VGA display with true color
- Internet Explorer 7.0 or later
- Install from download, DVD, or CD
Additional Requirements for 3D Modeling (All Configurations)
- Intel Pentium 4 processor or AMD Athlon, 3 GHz or higher; Intel or AMD dual-core processor, 2 GHz or higher
- 2 GB RAM or greater
- 2 GB hard disk space available in addition to free space required for installation
- 1,280 x 1,024 32-bit color video display adapter (true color) 128 MB or greater, Microsoft® Direct3D® capable workstation class graphics card
* Note regarding Windows 7 support: Known minor limitations have been posted to Autodesk Knowledge Base.
For Macintosh Users
Boot Camp
You can install AutoCAD® on a Mac® computer on a Windows partition. The system must use Boot Camp® to manage a dual OS configuration and meet the minimum system requirements.
- Mac OS® X 10.5.x
- Boot Camp V 2.0 or higher
- Intel-based Mac (64-bit Windows Vista requires an Intel Core® 2 duo or Xeon® processor)
- Minimum 3 GB RAM
- Minimum 20 GB disk space for Mac OS partition, minimum 20 GB for Windows OS partition
Mac Virtualization on Parallels Desktop
AutoCAD can be used on the Mac via Parallels Desktop for Mac without having to boot directly into the Windows OS so it is easy to switch between platforms. The system must meet the following requirements:
- Mac OS X 10.5.x
- Parallels Desktop 4.0 (4.0.3844 or higher)
- Intel-based Mac (64-bit Windows Vista requires an Intel Core 2 duo or Xeon processor)
- Minimum 4 GB RAM
- Minimum 40 GB available disk space (100 GB recommended)
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