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[Irfan_A]

Hello CodeCallers,
I want to know how we can get system requirements for software?
For example, systems requirements for WinSQL:

• PC with 600 MHz minimum
  
• Windows® 2000, Windows 2003(All editions), Windows 2003 R2 (All editions), Windows XP (SP1 and SP2), Windows Vista, Windows 2008 and Windows 7 - 32-bit as well as 64-bit architecture
  
  
• 64 MB memory minimum, 512 MB recomended
  
• 25 MB disk space for installation
  
• RDBMS Client connectivity utilities
  
• For ODBC, a supported ODBC driver
  
• Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 or later for documentation
  
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later
  
• VGA monitor with a minimum resolution of 800x600, 1024x768 recommended

How we can get those?
How we test them?

Thank you for your responses... .

[mrhbrandi]

Hi,

Let us know the system type you are using. So, we can provide you the way to test the system peripherals.

[instantcake]

well disc space is easy:just the amount your compiled program takes up
recommended disc space=your program+any files you expect it to create
EXAMPLE:
image program= conciter how many pictures the advrage user would make
Os's are easy too, just test the program on different os's until it breaks, or if your doing something with something like the windows api, then you take the function that only works with the newist OS:
EXAMPLE
you have two functions
foo() "works for all versions of windows over windows 95"
and Bar() "works only for windows 7"
therefore your os requirement is windows 7
and Ram
see how much ram your program takes on normal usage
EXAMPLE
if you have a painting application open a couple of large files and measure the amount of ram it uses
hope it helps, and sorry for my terrible spelling

[Irfan_A]

Thank your for your replies...

@mrhbrandi
I use Windows XP SP3, 1.66GHz, 248 RAM.
Hard Disk Drive: 18.8GB on C, 27.7GB on D, and 27.8GB on E.
Is this information enough for us to try test the system peripherals?
By the way, what is system peripheral?

@instantcake
Great explanation, easy to understand, thank you.
And how we get other system requirements like:
- PC with 600 MHz minimum
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later
- VGA monitor with a minimum resolution of 800x600, 1024x768 recommended

[instantcake]

actually I didn't think I made it very clear :-P
anyway lets think some more....
that internet explorer requirement is probably because it uses parts of IE in the program like javascript files, or the trident rendering engine(used by IE)

the monitor size is really not necesary if you have buttons that re size themselves, etc, but if you don't have a fluid layout then it it eather a matter of personal preference, or until the program starts getting cut off the screen.

testing the minimum speed of the cpu is harder but there is a free utility to slow down your processor
Adrian Boeing's E-Gap : Tools
and find cpu speed adjuster. slow it down until it is uncomfortable slow.

and I know this seems stupid but don't run any other processes other than system processes. and vista and 7 use more ram than xp for system processes(Or so I've been told), so you might want to test it on a 7 machine considering you have xp
and happy to help