DeskArtes Industrial Design System

Reference hardware / OS platforms (updated 28.6.2004)

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 (Intel x86) / Windows desktop machine specification:

Component Type
Processor Pentium4 2.4 GHz
Memory 512 MB
Hard drive 60 GB ATA-100 IDE
Graphics adapter NVidia Geforce4 Ti4600
Monitor 19" Flat Screen CRT
CD/DVD-drive 20/48X IDE CD-ROM
Mouse 3-button
Operating system Windows XP Professional

Portable machine specification:

Component Type
Processor Pentium4 Northwood Mobile 2.0 GHz
Chipset Intel 845MP
Memory 512 MB
Graphics adapter NVidia Geforce4 GO 32 MB DDR
Display 14,1" TFT SXGA+
Hard drive 40 GB
CD/DVD-drive 20/48X IDE CD-ROM
Operating system Windows XP Professional

Apple Macintosh / Mac OS X desktop machine specification:

Component Type
Processor PowerPC G4 1 GHz
Memory 512 MB
Hard drive 40 GB Ultra ATA/100
Graphics adapter ATI Radeon 9200 32 MB DDR SDRAM
Monitor 17" Flat Screen CRT
CD/DVD-drive Combo (DVD-ROM/CD-RW)
Mouse Logitech Cordless Optical Mouse
Operating system Mac OS X 10.3.3

Portable machine specification:

Component Type
Processor PowerPC G4 1.33 GHz
Memory 512 MB
Graphics adapter ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 64 MB DDR
Display 17" TFT
Hard drive 80 GB
CD/DVD-drive Combo (DVD-ROM/CD-RW)
Operating system Mac OS X 10.3.4


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