ACT! 2009 (11.0) Minimum System Requirements

When you’re in the market for a serious contact management solution, and you’re evaluating ACT! software as your customer database, there are two system specification checklists you’ll want to investigate.

1. ACT! 2009 System Specifications from Sage Software and

2. ACT! 2009 System Specifications from The Database Diva (recommendations for using ACT! in real life scenarios) shown below.

ACT by Sage or ACT by Sage Premium Client Installation

Operating Systems

• Microsoft® Windows® XP Service Pack 2 (32-bit only)
  • Home
  • Professional
  • Media Center 2004
  • Media Center 2005
• Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (32-bit and 64-bit)
  • Web Edition
  • Standard Edition
  • Enterprise Edition
  • Small Business Server
• Microsoft® Windows® VistaTM (32-bit and 64-bit)
  • Home Basic
  • Home Premium
  • Business
  • Ultimate
  • Enterprise
• Microsoft® Windows® Server 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit)
  • Web Edition
  • Standard Edition
  • Enterprise Edition

Minimum System Requirements (Client and Server installation)

• Minimum 600 MHz Pentium III (or equivalent) processor
• Minimum 1 GB RAM
• Minimum on Vista and Recommended on XP: 1.8 GHz Pentium IV (or equivalent) processor
• Minimum on Vista: 2 GB RAM
• Minimum 1GB of available hard disk space
• CD-ROM drive
• SVGA (800×600) or higher resolution monitor

ACT Database Server Installation:

• Using Microsoft SQL ServerTM 2005 Express Edition: Same as client installation above.
• Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition: Same as client installation above except Windows® Server 2003 Web Edition is not supported.
  Note: Windows XP, Vista Business, Vista Enterprise, and Vista Ultimate editions limit the number of concurrent users to 10.