The recommended
system requirements for AutoCAD LT 2012 software are as follows:
Windows
Users
For 32-bit AutoCAD LT
2012
Microsoft® Windows® XP
Professional or Home
edition (SP3 or later)
Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD
Athlon™ Dual Core, 1.6
GHz or Higher with SSE2
technology
1 GB RAM
1.4 GB free disk space
for installation
1,024 x 768 VGA display
with True Colour
Microsoft® Internet
Explorer® 7.0 or later
Install from download or
DVD
Or
Microsoft® Windows 7 including Enterprise, Ultimate, Professional or Home Premium edition or Microsoft® Windows Vista® (SP2 or later) including Enterprise, Business, Ultimate or Home Premium edition
Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon dual-core processor, 3.0 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology
1 GB RAM
1.4 GB free disk space for installation
1024 x 768 VGA display with true colour
Internet Explorer 7.0 or later
Install from download or DVD
For 64-bit AutoCAD LT
2012
Microsoft Windows XP
Professional edition
(SP2 or later), Windows
Vista (SP1 or later)
including Enterprise,
Business, or Ultimate
edition, or Windows 7
Enterprise, Ultimate,
Professional or Home
Premium edition
AMD Athlon™ 64 with SSE2
technology, AMD Opteron™
with SSE2 technology,
Intel® Xeon® with Intel
EM64T support with SSE2
technology, or Intel
Pentium 4 with Intel
EM64T support with SSE2
technology
1 GB RAM
1.4 GB free disk space
for installation
1,024 x 768 VGA display
with True Colour
Microsoft Internet
Explorer 7.0 or later
Install from download or
DVD
Macintosh Users
Boot Camp
You can install AutoCAD LT® software on a Mac® computer on a Windows partition. The system must use Boot Camp® software to manage a dual OS configuration and meet the following minimum system requirements:
Mac OS® X 10.5.x operating system
Boot Camp V 2.0 or higher
Intel-based Mac (64-bit Windows Vista requires an Intel Core® 2 duo or Xeon® processor)
Minimum 3 GB RAM
Minimum 20 GB disk space for Mac OS partition, minimum 20 GB for Windows OS partition
Mac Virtualization on Parallels Desktop
You can use AutoCAD LT on the Mac via Parallels Desktop for Mac without having to boot directly into the Windows OS, so it is easy to switch between platforms. The system must meet the following requirements:
Mac OS X 10.5.x
Parallels Desktop 4.0 (4.0.3844 or higher)
Intel-based Mac (64-bit Windows Vista requires an Intel Core 2 duo or Xeon processor)
Minimum 4 GB RAM
Minimum 40 GB available disk space (100 GB recommended)
Whether the Windows operating system is the
32-bit or 64-bit version is automatically detected when installing
AutoCAD LT 2012. The appropriate version of AutoCAD LT 2012 will be
installed. The 32-bit version of AutoCAD LT 2012 cannot be installed on
a 64-bit version of Windows.
