DeskArtes Industrial Design System

Reference hardware / OS platforms (updated 14.10.2008)

The machine configurations described here are examples of machines which have been tested to work well with the DeskArtes Expert Series. Also the performance of the program should be sufficient for normal use with these configurations.

Other machine configurations using same parts will most probably also work well, although that cannot be guaranteed.

PC / Windows

Desktop machine specification:

Component Type
Processor Intel Core 2 Duo E6550, 2.33 GHz
Memory 4 GB
Hard drive 500 GB SATA
Graphics adapter NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT, 512Mt VRAM
Monitor 20" TFT, (1680x1050)
CD/DVD-drive 8X DVD+/-RW
Mouse 3-button
Operating system Windows XP Professional SP2

Portable machine specification:

Component Type
Processor Intel Core 2 Duo T7250, 2GHz
Memory 4 GB, DDR2
Graphics adapter NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT, 512Mt VRAM
Display 17" TFT, (1680x1050)
Hard drive 250 GB SATA
CD/DVD-drive 8X DVD+/-RW
Operating system Windows XP Professional SP2

Apple / Mac OS X

Desktop machine specification:

Component Type
Processor Intel Core 2 Duo 3,06 GHz
Memory 4 GB DDR2
Hard drive 500 GB SATA
Graphics adapter NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS 512 MB VRAM
Monitor 20" TFT
CD/DVD-drive 8x SuperDrive
Mouse Apple Mighty Mouse
Operating system Mac OS X 10.5.5

Portable machine specification:

Component Type
Processor Intel Core 2 Duo 2.5 GHz
Memory 2 GB
Graphics adapter NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT 256 MB VRAM
Display 17" TFT
Hard drive 250 GB SATA
CD/DVD-drive 8x SuperDrive
Operating system Mac OS X 10.5.5


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