ArcGIS 10 System Requirements
Supported Operating Systems
Minimum Maximum Supported Operating System Version Windows 2003 Server Standard, Enterprise & Datacenter (32-bit and 64bit (EM64T)) Windows 2003 Server Terminal Services Windows 2008 Server Standard, Enterprise & Datacenter (32-bit and 64bit (EM64T)) Windows 2008 R2 Server Standard, Enterprise & Datacenter (64-bit (EM64T)) Windows 7 Ultimate, Enterprise, Professional, Home Premium (32-bit and 64-bit (EM64T)) Windows Vista Ultimate, Enterprise, Business, Home Premium (32-bit and 64-bit (EM64T)) Windows XP Professional Edition, Home Edition (32-bit) Windows XP Professional Edition, Home Edition (64-bit (EM64T)) *Support begins at ArcGIS 10 Service Pack 2. SP2 SP2 Version SP2 SP2 SP2 SP1* SP1* SP1 SP3 SP2 SP2 SP3 SP2

Hardware Requirements
CPU Speed ArcInfo, ArcView, ArcEditor 2.2 GHz minimum or higher; Hyper-threading (HHT) or Multi-core recommended Intel Pentium 4, Intel Core Duo, or Xeon Processors; SSE2 (or greater) Run this Microsoft utility from your Windows command prompt to check your processor. See Dual or dual-core support policy. 2 GB or higher

Processor

Memory/RAM Display 24 bit color depth Properties Screen Resolution 1024 x 768 recommended or higher at Normal size (96dpi) Determined by the operating system, 500 MB minimum. Swap Space 2.4 GB In addition, up to 50 MB of disk space maybe needed in the Windows System directory (typically C:\Windows\System32). You can view the disk Disk Space space requirement for each of the 10.0 components in the Setup program.

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If using ArcGlobe (as part of 3D Analyst), additional disk space may be required. ArcGlobe will create cache files when used. Check your computer's ability to run ArcGIS

Video/Graphics Adapter

64 MB RAM minimum, 256 MB RAM or higher recommended. NVIDIA, ATI and INTEL chipsets supported 24