Hardware Software Requirements

Posted by RMG on September 7, 2006, 8:43 pm

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I am adding a second lane and will be buying another register computer. Can
I run an Athlon 64 rather than a Pentium and XP Home vs. XP Pro? I am
upgrading to 1.3. 512mb of memory adequate?

Thanks,

Bob

Posted by Glenn Adams [MVP - Retail Mgmt on September 8, 2006, 10:58 am

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Stick with XP Pro.

RMS will run on XP Home, but Pro is better for networking.

512MB is generally adequate, but more is always better. If you have a
really large number of Items, you may want more.

Glenn Adams
Tiber Creek Consulting
http://www.tibercreek.com
glenn@tibercreek.com
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RMG wrote:

> I am adding a second lane and will be buying another register computer. Can

> I run an Athlon 64 rather than a Pentium and XP Home vs. XP Pro? I am

> upgrading to 1.3. 512mb of memory adequate?

> Thanks,

> Bob

Posted by Terrible Tom on September 8, 2006, 7:35 pm

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Athlon = OK
512MB RAM = OK
XP Home vs. XP Pro = stick w/Pro if at all possible, but Home version is
supported.

Tom

"RMG" wrote:

> I am adding a second lane and will be buying another register computer. Can

> I run an Athlon 64 rather than a Pentium and XP Home vs. XP Pro? I am

> upgrading to 1.3. 512mb of memory adequate?

> Thanks,

> Bob

Posted by Jeff on September 8, 2006, 10:42 pm

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Bob,

I disagree! ;-)

Athlon is OK

XP Pro only

512 mb is not enough anymore. 1 gig minimum. If its going to be a real =
register machine, you should install MSDE or SQL2K5E for Offline mode. =
In addition, if you are running a motherboard with embedded graphics, it =
can take as much as 128 mb. Add XP on top to that, with nothing else, =
and you are at 768 meg without trying hard.

Sure it will _run_ with 512, it will also _run_ with 256 mg, but I =
wouldn't want to be sitting in front of it! ;-(

Spend the extra $50-75 for the extra 512 mb. You'll be happy you did! =
;-)

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Posted by Jeff on September 10, 2006, 5:32 am

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Bob,

One more thing, RMS is NOT supported on the 64 bit version of XP Pro.

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>I am adding a second lane and will be buying another register computer.

>Can

> I run an Athlon 64 rather than a Pentium and XP Home vs. XP Pro? I am

> upgrading to 1.3. 512mb of memory adequate?

> Thanks,

> Bob