The minimum system requirements for FCS Express are as follows:

 

PC

oOS: Windows 10/Windows 11

oCPU: Intel Core-equivalent or higher

oRAM: Min 1 GB, up to 128 Gb (recommended 16Gb)

o400 MB Hard drive space

 

 

Mac

o OS:

▪FCS Express 7.28.0019 is compatible with macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) and later.

▪Note: to run FCS Express 7 on macOS13 please ensure "State Manager" is turned off.

o CPU:

▪Intel Core Duo

▪ARM-based Macs (M1 & M2 Apple Silicon) are supported with FCS Express 7.10.0007 and later when used with macOS 11.6 or higher.

o RAM: Min 2 GB, up to 128 Gb (recommended 16 Gb)

o 2 GB Hard drive space

 

 

Notes:

•FCS Express takes advantage of many features that are available in higher end Intel Chips. For optimum performance, use the newest generation processors. For example, an i7 will significantly outperform an i5 even if the number of cores and clock speed of the processors are equivalent.

•FCS Express can take advantage of all cores in the computer. Thus, while not required, a multi-core computer will be significantly faster than a single core computer for many functions.

 

•Please see our topic on R Integration regarding compatibility with R software.