Web Browser System Requirements Details.

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When we plans to install a new web browser on our system, or to upgrade one of the browsers to a newer version, we need to make sure that our system meets the requirements for that. While it is usually not a issue anymore when it comes to hardware requirements, we may notice that it is a completely different story when it comes to supported operating systems for instance. Firefox users on Windows 2000 will for instance notice that they won’t be able to update from Firefox 12 to 13 in the near future, as Mozilla has dropped support for that operating system starting with that version of the browser.

For this guide, I have analyzed the system requirements for the following web browsers: Internet Explorer 8, Internet Explorer 9, Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari and Opera. The latest browser versions were analyzed, with the exception of Firefox, where I looked at Firefox 13 and not Firefox 11 due to the change in operating system support in that version.

Key Findings

·         Opera is the only browser in that list that is still supporting Windows 2000

·         Opera, Firefox and Chrome are the only browsers available for Windows, Mac and Linux systems

·         Opera has the lowest system requirements, with the exception of IE8 on Windows XP

System Requirements Table

A blank field means either that the operating system is not supported, or that no information have been provided by the company developing the browser.

	Internet Explorer 8	Internet Explorer9	Firefox
Processor Windows	233 Mhz	1-GHz	Pentium 4
Process Mac			Intel
Min RAM	64 MB (XP)
Recommended RAM	512 MB	512 MB	512 MB
Min Disk Space	150 MB (XP), 70 (Vista)
Rec. Disk Space	70 Mb	70 Mb	200 MB
Rec. Disk Space 64-bit	120 MB	120 MB
Windows	Windows XP	Windows Vista	Windows XP SP2 (FF 13)
OS X			OS X 10.5
Linux			Any recent
	Chrome	Opera	Safari
Processor Windows	Pentium 4	Pentium II	500-MHz Pentium-class
Process Mac	Intel	Intel
Min RAM	128 MB	128 MB	256 MB
Recommended RAM		256 MB
Min Disk Space	100 MB	20 MB	unknown
Rec. Disk Space		100 MB
Rec. Disk Space 64-bit
Windows	Windows XP SP2	Windows 2000	Windows XP SP2
OS X	OS X 10.5.6	Mac OS X 10.5	OS X 10.5.8
Linux	Ubuntu 10.04	Any recent	Not available
	Debian 6
	OpenSuse 11.3
	Fedora Linux 14

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