Minimum Hardware Requirements
- One of the following Macintosh computers:
- Mac Pro
- 15- or 17-inch MacBook Pro
- MacBook
- Mac mini with Intel Core Solo or Duo processor
- iMac with a 1.8 GHz or faster PowerPC G5 or Intel Core Duo processor
- Power Mac G5 with a 1.6 GHz or faster PowerPC G5 processor
- 15- or 17-inch PowerBook G4 with a 1.25 GHz or faster PowerPC G4 processor
- 1 GB of random-access memory (RAM)
- 2 GB of RAM required for Mac Pro
- One of the following graphics cards:
- ATI Radeon X600 Pro, X600 XT, X800 XT Mac Edition, X850 XT, X1600, X1900 XT, 9800 XT, 9800 Pro, 9700 Pro, 9600, 9600 XT, 9600 Pro, or 9650
- ATI Mobility Radeon 9700, 9600
- ATI Mobility X1600
- NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra, 6600, 6600 LE, 6800 Ultra DDL, 6800 GT DDL, 7300 GT, 7800 GT
- NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500
- Intel GMA950
- DVD drive for installation
Minimum Software Requirements
- Mac OS X v10.4.8 (or later)
Recommended Configuration
- Macintosh computer with a 2 GHz or faster Intel Core Duo processor or dual 2 GHz or faster PowerPC G5 processors
- 2 GB of RAM
- One of the following graphics cards:
- ATI Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition, 9800 XT, 9800 Pro, X1900 XT, or X1600
- NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series, 7800 GT, or Quadro FX 4500
Available Hard Disk Space
Aperture and its associated features require a certain amount of available disk space:
- 5 GB of disk space for the application, sample projects, and tutorial