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System requirements | Acrobat family of products

 Adobe Acrobat X Standard, Pro, Suite

See the system requirements on the Adobe website at

In addition, see the Acrobat X ReadMe.

Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Extended

Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Extended (English, French, German) on Windows

  • 1.3-GHz processor or higher
  • Microsoft Windows XP Home, Professional, or Tablet PC Edition with Service Pack 2 or 3 (32 bit and 64 bit); Windows Server 2003 (with Service Pack 2 for 64 bit); or Windows Vista Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with or without Service Pack 1 (32 bit and 64 bit)
  • Internet Explorer 6.0
  • 512 MB of RAM
  • 2.35 GB of available hard-disk space.
  • 1,024 x 768 screen resolution
  • DVD drive Video hardware acceleration optional

Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Extended (Japanese) on Windows

  • 1.3-GHz processor or higher
  • Microsoft Windows XP Home, Professional, or Tablet PC Edition with Service Pack 2 or 3 (32 bit and 64 bit);
    Windows Server 2003 (with Service Pack 2 for 64 bit); or Windows Vista Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or
    Enterprise with or without Service Pack 1 (32 bit and 64 bit)
  • Internet Explorer 6.0
  • 512 MB of RAM
  • 2.06 GB of available hard-disk space.
  • 1,024 x 768 screen resolution
  • DVD drive Video hardware acceleration optional

Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro

Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro (English, French, German) on Windows

  • 1.3-GHz processor or higher
  • Microsoft Windows XP Home, Professional, or Tablet PC Edition with Service Pack 2 or 3 (32 bit and 64 bit);
    Windows Server 2003 (with Service Pack 2 for 64 bit); or Windows Vista Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or
    Enterprise with or without Service Pack 1(32 bit and 64 bit)
  • Internet Explorer 6.0
  • 512 MB of RAM
  • 2.13 GB of available hard-disk space.
  • 1,024 x 768 screen resolution
  • DVD drive Video hardware acceleration optional

Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro (English, French, German) on Mac OS

  • PowerPC G4, G5, or Intel processors
  • Mac OS X v. 10.4.11 or 10.5
  • 256 MB of RAM (512 MB recommended)
  • 1.42 GB of available hard-disk space
  • 1,024 x 768 screen resolution
  • DVD drive

Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro (Chinese Simplified) on Windows

  • 1.3-GHz processor or higher
  • Microsoft Windows XP Home, Professional, or Tablet PC Edition with Service Pack 2 or 3 (32 bit and 64 bit);
    Windows Server 2003 (with Service Pack 2 for 64 bit); or Windows Vista Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or
    Enterprise with or without Service Pack 1(32 bit and 64 bit)
  • Internet Explorer 6.0
  • 512 MB of RAM
  • 1.77 GB of available hard-disk space.
  • 1,024 x 768 screen resolution
  • DVD drive Video hardware acceleration optional

Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro (Chinese Simplified) on Mac OS

  • PowerPC G4, G5, or Intel processors
  • Mac OS X v. 10.4.11 or 10.5
  • 256 MB of RAM (512 MB recommended)
  • 1.19 GB of available hard-disk space
  • 1,024 x 768 screen resolution
  • DVD drive

Adobe Acrobat 9 Standard

Adobe Acrobat 9 Standard (English, French, German) on Windows

  • 1.3-GHz processor or higher
  • Microsoft Windows XP Home, Professional, or Tablet PC Edition with Service Pack 2 or 3 (32 bit and 64 bit);
    Windows Server 2003 (with Service Pack 2 for 64 bit); or Windows Vista Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or
    Enterprise with or without Service Pack 1 (32 bit and 64 bit)
  • Internet Explorer 6.0
  • 512 MB of RAM
  • 985 MB of available hard-disk space.
  • 1,024 x 768 screen resolution
  • DVD drive Video hardware acceleration optional

Adobe Acrobat 9 Standard (Chinese Simplified) on Windows

  • 1.3-GHz processor or higher
  • Microsoft Windows XP Home, Professional, or Tablet PC Edition with Service Pack 2 or 3 (32 bit and 64 bit);
    Windows Server 2003 (with Service Pack 2 for 64 bit); or Windows Vista Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or
    Enterprise with or without Service Pack 1 (32 bit and 64 bit)
  • Internet Explorer 6.0
  • 512 MB of RAM
  • 830 MB of available hard-disk space.
  • 1,024 x 768 screen resolution
  • DVD drive Video hardware acceleration optional

Adobe Acrobat 8

System requirements for Acrobat 8 Standard

Windows

Acrobat 8 Standard on Windows has the following system requirements:

  • Intel Pentium III processor or equivalent
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4; Windows Server 2003 (32-bit or 64-bit editions) with Service Pack 1; Windows XP Professional, Home, Tablet PC, or 64-bit Editions with Service Pack 2; or Windows Vista Home Basic, Home Premium, Ultimate, Business, or Enterprise (32-bit or 64-bit editions)
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or 7
  • 256 MB of RAM (512 MB recommended)
  • 490 MB of available hard-disk space; cache for optional installation files (recommended) requires an additional 280 MB of available hard-disk space
  • 1,024 x 768 screen resolution
  • CD-ROM drive, if installing from a CD
  • Internet or phone connection required for product activation

Note: Support for Windows Vista, 64-bit editions and Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 are available with the Acrobat 8.1 update.

System requirements for Acrobat 8 Pro

Windows

Acrobat 8 Pro on Windows has the following system requirements:

  • Intel Pentium III processor or equivalent
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4; Windows Server 2003 (32-bit or 64-bit editions) with Service Pack 1; Windows XP Professional, Home, Tablet PC, or 64-bit Editions with Service Pack 2; or Windows Vista Home Basic, Home Premium, Ultimate, Business, or Enterprise (32-bit or 64-bit editions)
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or 7
  • 256 MB of RAM (512 MB recommended)
  • 860 MB of available hard-disk space; cache for optional installation files (recommended) requires an additional 460 MB of available hard-disk space
  • 1,024 x 768 screen resolution
  • CD-ROM drive, if installing from a CD
  • Internet or phone connection required for product activation
Mac OS

Acrobat 8 Pro on Mac OS has the following system requirements:

  • PowerPC G3, G4, G5, or Intel processors
  • Mac OS X v.10.4.3
  • 256 MB of RAM (512 MB recommended)
  • 1,060 MB of available hard-disk space
  • 1,024 x 768 screen resolution
  • DVD-ROM drive
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Last updated
2011-05-10

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