System Requirements - as of January 31, 2008
Important Note for customers upgrading from Peachtree 2006 or earlier:
Certain features have changed or are no longer available. Peachtree Today has been removed. In Peachtree Complete Accounting or higher it has been replaced with the Business Status Center. In Peachtree Pro Accounting and higher the forms designer can no longer be used to customize payroll tax form templates. Print-N-Sign Tax Forms are not compatible with dot matrix printers. Several aspects of the system requirements have been updated. It is recommended that you carefully review the system requirements for compatibility and acceptance prior to upgrading.
Peachtree Quantum 2009 - Recommended System Configuration
Recommended System Configuration
- 2.8 GHz Intel Pentium 4 (or equivalent) for the workstation and 3.4 GHz Intel Pentium 4 (or equivalent) for a Quantum Server
- 1 GB of RAM for the workstation and 2 GB RAM for a Quantum Server
Minimum System Requirements
- 1.8 GHz Intel Pentium 4 (or equivalent)
- 512 MB of RAM
- Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista®
- 1 GB of disk space for installation
- Internet Explorer 6.0 required (provided on CD. Requires an additional 70 MB); Internet Explorer 7.0 supported
- Microsoft .NET Framework CLR 2.0 (provided on CD. Requires an additional 150 MB)
- At least high color (16 bit) SVGA video; Supports 800x600 resolution with small fonts required; Optimized for 1024 x 768
- 2x CD-ROM
- All online features/services require Internet access with at least a 56 Kbps modem
Integration / Compatibility Requirements
- Excel, Outlook and Word integration requires Microsoft Excel, Outlook and Word 2000, 2002, 2003 or 2007.
- Outlook Sync supported in Exchange 5.5 SP4, 2000 SP2, and 2003
- Printers supported by Microsoft Windows XP / Vista
- In-product demos require Macromedia Flash Player
- Additional 25MB available hard disk space is required to install Guided Tour
- Adobe Reader 8.1 required and provided on CD. (Requires an additional 128 MB available hard disk space to install)
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Crystal Reports® 2008 for Peachtree
- Peachtree Quantum 2009 must be installed
- Additional 300 MB of available disk space is required
- Microsoft Windows Home Edition and Windows Server 2000 not supported
Multi-User
- Multi-user mode is optimized for Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008 client-server networks, and Windows XP/Vista peer-to-peer networks.
- A maximum of 30 licensed named users are allowed. A named user account is granted a license when selected in the user maintenance screen.
- 1 GB of disk space for installation of components on the server.
Terminal Services
- Windows 2000, 2003 or 2008 Server along with Remote Desktop Connection or Remote Desktop Web Connection client is required to run in a Windows Terminal Services environment. No more than 30 named users.
- Terminal Server requires additional memory when more than one user is running under Windows Terminal Services. An additional 21 MB RAM is recommended for each additional user.
Other
- Customer registration and acceptance of Sage Software License Agreement for Peachtree Accounting Software Products.
