[Qgis-developer] Requirements for QGIS desktop

[Alex Mandel]

You haven't found min. requirements because QGIS can run on really old
hardware. I see it doing ok on netbooks (aside from occasional dialog
window size issues).

So short answer if it can run Win 7, Mac OS X, or Linux 2006+ then it's
probably fine for QGIS. In reality most Windows XP machines also work.
http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Re-Is-Quantum-GIS-compatible-with-Windows-7-64-bit-td4133870.html


Of course if you want a machine that will run GIS well in everyday use
http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/23300/specifications-for-gis-desktop-hardware

Quick summary for a GIS professional:
i5+, 4GB ram, discrete graphics not necessary with i5 HD4000+ but a 1 GB
card is nice or more ram if using the i5 built in, 100 GB - 1 TB free
space (GIS layers get big and you make lots of copies)

64 bit OS, pick your flavor.


Enjoy,
Alex

On 03/31/2014 08:11 AM, Carlos López PSIG wrote:
> Hello colleagues,
> 
> Last week the free GIS conference held in Girona has been much talk QGIS ...
>  <goog_716244567>
> http://www.sigte.udg.edu/jornadassiglibre/programa/talleres
> 
> On the other hand, some costumers want to do course about QGIS and they ask
> me the requirements for the
> computers
> in class
> to see if they need to replace or extend some computers.
> 
> I searched the web for www.qgis.org and I have not found a specification of
> minimum
> requirements that support QGIS.
> Exist
> s
> it?
> 
> I
> 'm
> th
> inking
>  something like this:
> - CPU: i3 or similar (i5 or i7 desirable), 2 cores or more
> - RAM: 2GB (8 Gb desirable)
> - Graphics: dedicated, 128 MB (256 MB desirable)
> - Hard disk: 1 GB available
> - OS
> :
> W7 (SP1), Linux, MacOS X.
> 
> What you think
> about this
> ?
> Thanks in advance
> !
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> 
> * <http://www.psig.es> *
> 
> *Carlos López Quintanilla*
> 
> www.psig.es
> carlos.lopez at psig.es
> +34 699.680.261
>