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- <h2>System Requirements</h2>
- <h3>Minimum Requirements</h3>
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- <li>Windows XP (SP2 or later), <br>
- <i>or </i>Windows Vista,<br>
- <i>or </i>Windows Server 2003 (SP1 or later),<br>
- <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/downloads/updates/default.aspx">
- .NET Framework 2.0</a></li>
- <li>500 MHz processor (Recommended: 800 MHz or faster) </li>
- <li>256 MB of RAM (Recommended: 512 MB or more) </li>
- <li>1024 x 768 screen resolution </li>
- <li>200+ MB hard drive space </li>
- <li>64-bit support requires <font size="2">a 64-bit CPU that is
- running an x64 edition of Windows, and an additional 128 MB of RAM</font></li>
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- <p>Please note that Paint.NET uses your hard drive to store temporary
- files related to undo/redo. Because of this, actual disk space
- requirements will depend on the type of actions you perform on an image,
- and on the size of the image. These temporary files will be compressed
- if you are using the NTFS file system. This will result in less disk
- space being required, and better performance due to less hard drive
- activity.</p>
- <h3>Special System Notes</h3>
- <p>Some systems have special attributes that change the way Paint.NET
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- <h3>Dual Core and Quad Core</h3>
- <p>Paint.NET is heavily optimized for systems with multiple
- processors and/or multiple cores. These systems include (but are not
- limited to) those with Intel Core 2, Intel Xeon, Intel Pentium D,
- AMD Opteron, and AMD Athlon 64 X2 processors. You will see a
- dramatic performance increase over single core and single processor
- systems.</p>
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- <li><h3>64-bit Support</h3>
- </b><p>Since version 2.6, Paint.NET has had full, native support for
- 64-bit processors. Benefits of 64-bit mode include better
- performance and the ability to work with larger or more images. This
- support requires that you have both a 64-bit capable processor and a
- 64-bit operating system installed. An example would be an Intel Core
- 2 Duo processor with a 64-bit version of Windows Vista.</p>
- <p>You do not need to perform any additional configuration steps to
- enable 64-bit mode: as long as both your processor and operating
- system are 64-bit capable, Paint.NET will run in 64-bit mode.</p></li>
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- <h3>Tablet PC support</h3>
- <p>Drawing with the stylus using the paintbrush tool is functional
- with complete pressure and asynchronous input support (it will
- always keep up, no matter your processor's speed).</p>
- <p>This feature requires that you are running Windows XP Tablet PC
- Edition, or Windows Vista Ultimate Edition.</p>
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