The software can run either on a PC or on an Apple Mac. The design is based around a monitor size of 1280x960 and although it is possible run on smaller screens this size is recommended to avoid large amounts of scrolling.

We ask all but the smallest customers to consider using a server for SkillMatch as performance is much inproved and more frequent backups are possible. Once set up the sewrver system will run for extended periods without any need for user intervention.

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For Windows SkillMatch

Client (Users)
* Pentium 2GHz or higher
* 500MB of RAM for Windows 2000
* 500MB of RAM for Windows XP
* CD-ROM drive and hard disk drive
* Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4), Windows XP (Service Pack 2)*

Server
* Windows 2003 Server Standard Edition
* or Windows 2000 Server
* Processor: Pentium III 1GHz
* RAM: 1GB MB
* Hard Disk: 4 GB of available disk space
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For Apple OSX SkillMatch

Client (Users)
* Apple G3 or higher (no G3 upgrade cards)
* 500MB of RAM
* CD-ROM drive and hard disk drive
* Mac OS X v10.4.3 or later

Server
* Mac OS X v10.4
* Mac OS X Server v10.4
* Processor: G4 2GHz
* RAM: 1GB
* Hard Disk: 4 GB of available disk space

It can run as a one-user application or share data between users. Systems using more than one computer require a network.

For up to 3 simultaneous users the system does not require a dedicated server.

For multi-user use, a 100 MHz Ethernet network is needed for all but low-use systems.