System requirements
To browse and view your images and videos, and listen to your audio files with ACDSee 12, your system must include the following components:
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 Minimum  | 
 Recommended  | 
|---|---|---|
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 Hardware  | 
 Intel® Pentium® III / AMD Athlon processor or equivalent  | 
 Intel® Pentium® 4 / AMD Athlon XP processor or equivalent  | 
| 
 512 MB RAM  | 
 1 GB RAM  | |
| 
 250 MB free hard drive space  | 
 1 GB free hard drive space  | |
| 
 High Color display adapter at 1024 x 600  | 
 High Color display adapter at 1280 x 1024  | |
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 CD/DVD burner – for creating CDs and DVDs  | |
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 Software  | 
 Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 2, Windows Vista®, or Windows® 7  | 
 Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 2, Windows Vista®, or Windows® 7  | 
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 Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 6.0  | 
 Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0 or higher  | |
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 TiVo® Desktop Software – to publish images to TiVo  | |
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 Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0c – for Microsoft DirectX file format support, and to create slideshows and screensavers  | ||
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 QuickTime® 6.0 – for QuickTime file format support  | ||
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 Ghostscript® 8.0 – for PDF support  | ||
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 Windows Media® Player 9.0  |