Minimum System Requirements

The table below outlines the specific minimum system requirements for TheSky Serious Astronomer Edition on the Macintosh and Windows operating systems.

 

Operating System

Minimum System Requirements

Mac

 

 

  • 2 GHz Intel Core Duo or faster processor

  • Macintosh OS X version 10.7 or later, Lion (OS X version 10.7), Mountain Lion (OS X version 10.8), Mavericks (OS X version 10.9), Yosemite (OS X version 10.10), and MacOS Sierra.

  • 1024 x 600 display resolution with millions of colors

  • 512 MB RAM

  • 64 MB video RAM

  • 2.5 GB disc space

  • Mouse or other pointing device

  • DVD-ROM

  • Mouse or other pointing device

  • Keyboard

 

Windows

 

 

  • 1.5 GHz or faster processor

  • Intel Pentium 4, Pentium M, Pentium D processor or better, or AMD K-8 (Athlon) or better.  TheSky is not compatible with Pentium III or older model (circa 2003) AMD processors.

  • 512 MB internal RAM

  • TheSky is compatible with the following Windows operating systems:

 

  • Windows 11*

 

 

  • Windows 10*

* Microsoft Windows N and KN Note

Microsoft Windows N and KN operating systems do not include the Windows multimedia player, so TheSky will not run "out of the box".  

 

To allow TheSky to run on these "scaled down" operating systems, install the Windows Media Feature Pack first.

 

Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows XP and Windows Vista are not supported.

 

  • 1024 x 600 display resolution with true color

  • 128 MB (minimum) video RAM

  • 2.5 GB free disc space

  • DVD-ROM drive

  • Mouse or other pointing device

  • Keyboard

 

*TheSky Serious Astronomer edition for Windows is distributed with both 64.-bti and 32-bit versions.