Minimum Hardware Requirements
- One of the following Macintosh computers:
- Power Mac G5 with a 1.8 gigahertz (GHz) or faster PowerPC G5 processor
- 17- or 20-inch iMac G5 with a 1.8 GHz or faster PowerPC G5 processor
- 15- or 17-inch PowerBook G4 with a 1.25 GHz or faster PowerPC G4 processor
- 1 gigabyte (GB) of random-access memory (RAM)
- Display with 1280 x 854 or higher resolution
- One of the following graphics cards:
- ATI Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition, X850 XT, 9800 XT, 9800 Pro, 9700 Pro, 9600 XT, 9600 Pro, or 9650
- ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 or 9600
- NVIDIA GeForce 6600, 6600 LE, 6800 Ultra DDL, 6800 GT DDL, or 7800 GT
- NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500
- DVD drive for installation
Minimum Software Requirements
- Mac OS X v10.4.3 (or later)
Recommended Configuration
- Power Mac G5 with dual 2 GHz or faster PowerPC G5 processors
- 2 GB of RAM
- One of the following graphics cards:
- ATI Radeon X800 XT, 9800 XT, or 9800 Pro
- NVIDIA GeForce 6800 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 and sample projects