242QD System RequirementsWindowsCPU• Photos/JPEG movies: Intel Celeron, Pentium 4, or Core series,1.6 GHz or better• H.264 movies (playback): 3.0 GHz or better Pentium D; Intel Core i5or better recommended when viewing movies with a framesize of 1,280 × 720 or more at a frame rate of 30 fps or above ormovies with a frame size of 1,920 × 1,080 or more• H.264 movies (editing): 2.6 GHz or better Core 2 DuoOSPre-installed versions of Windows 7 Home Basic/Home Premium/Professional/Enterprise/Ultimate (Service Pack 1), Windows VistaHome Basic/Home Premium/Business/Enterprise/Ultimate (ServicePack 2), or 32-bit editions of Windows XP Home Edition/Professional (Service Pack 3). All installed programs run as 32-bitapplications in 64-bit editions of Windows 7 and Windows Vista.RAM • Windows 7/Windows Vista: 1 GB or more (2 GB or more recommended)• Windows XP: 512 MB or more (2 GB or more recommended)Hard-diskspaceA minimum of 500 MB available on the startup disk (1 GB or morerecommended)Monitor• Resolution: 1024 × 768 pixels (XGA) or more (1280 × 1024 pixels (SXGA)or more recommended)• Color: 24-bit color (True Color) or moreMac OSCPU• Photos/JPEG movies: PowerPC G4 (1 GHz or better), G5, Intel Core, orXeon series• H.264 movies (playback): PowerPC G5 Dual or Core Duo, 2 GHz orbetter; Intel Core i5 or better recommended when viewingmovies with a frame size of 1,280 × 720 or more at a frame rateof 30 fps or above or movies with a frame size of 1,920 × 1,080or more• H.264 movies (editing): 2.6 GHz or better Core 2 Duo• GPU that supports QuickTime H.264 hardware accelerationrecommendedOS Mac OS X version 10.5.8, 10.6.8, or 10.7.2RAM 512 MB or more (2 GB or more recommended)Hard-diskspaceA minimum of 500 MB available on the startup disk (1 GB or morerecommended)Monitor• Resolution: 1024 × 768 pixels (XGA) or more (1280 × 1024 pixels (SXGA) ormore recommended)• Color: 24-bit color (millions of colors) or more