System Requirements

The system requirements for Visual Studio are as follows:

Visual Studio, Professional Edition

• Pentium personal computer with 90 MHz or higher processor
  
  
• Microsoft Windows 95 or later operating system or Microsoft Windows NT Workstation operating system version 4.0 (Service Pack 3) or later
  
  
• 24 MB of RAM (32 MB recommended) for Windows 95; 24 MB of RAM (32 MB recommended) for Windows NT Workstation 4.0
  
  
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 and Internet Explorer 4 Service Pack 1 (included)

Hard disk space required for installation:

• Visual Basic (54 MB Typical, 94 MB Maximum)
  
  
• Visual C++  (266 MB Typical, 370 MB Maximum)
  
  
• Visual FoxPro (85 MB Typical, 90 MB Maximum)
  
  
• Visual InterDev  (81 MB Typical, 98 MB Maximum)
  
  
• Visual J++ (86 MB Typical, 104MB Maximum)

Additional hard disk space required for the following products:

• Internet Explorer (43 MB Typical, 59 MB Maximum)
  
  
• MSDN Library (57 MB Typical, 493 MB Maximum)
  
  
• Windows NT Option Pack (20 MB Typical, 200 MB Maximum)

• CD-ROM drive
  
  
• VGA or higher-resolution monitor (Super VGA recommended)
  
  
• Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device

Visual Studio, Enterprise Edition

• Pentium personal computer with 90 MHz or higher processor
  
  
• Microsoft Windows 95 or later operating system or Microsoft Windows NT Workstation operating system version 4.0 (Service Pack 3) or later
  
  
• 24 MB of RAM (32 MB recommended) for Windows 95; 24 MB of RAM (32 MB recommended) for Windows NT Workstation 4.0
  
  
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 and Internet Explorer 4 Service Pack 1 (included)

Hard disk space required for installation:

• Visual Basic (116 MB Typical, 135 MB Maximum)
  
  
• Visual C++  (302 MB Typical, 403 MB Maximum)
  
  
• Visual FoxPro (85 MB Typical, 90 MB Maximum)
  
  
• Visual InterDev  (81 MB Typical, 98 MB Maximum)
  
  
• Visual J++ (86 MB Typical, 104MB Maximum)

Additional hard disk space required for the following products:

• Internet Explorer (43 MB Typical, 59 MB Maximum)
  
  
• MSDN Library (57 MB Typical, 493 MB Maximum)
  
  
• Windows NT Option Pack (20 MB Typical, 200 MB Maximum)
  
  
• Microsoft SNA Server 4.0 (50 MB Typical, 100+ MB Maximum)
  
  
• Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 (80 MB Typical, 95 MB Maximum)

• CD-ROM drive
  
  
• VGA or higher-resolution monitor (Super VGA recommended)
  
  
• Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device