Hardware Requirements

Operating System

ClinicOffice v4 runs on Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7 (also Windows Server 2000, 2003 and 2008). It also has full support for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures.

If you’re thinking of purchasing a new computer, then we thoroughly recommend the excellent Windows 7. Our second choice would actually be Windows XP as from experience we tend to recommend avoiding the much maligned Vista if at all possible.

PC Specifications

This table shows the recommended and minimum computer specifications for running ClinicOffice v4.

	RECOMMENDED	MINIMUM
OPERATING SYSTEM	Windows 7	Windows XP
PROCESSOR	Intel Core2Duo 7000 series (or higher) - or - AMD Phenom II (or higher)	Intel Dual-Core 5000 series - or - AMD Phenom 8000 series
MEMORY	2 Gb (or more)	1 Gb
SCREEN	1280 x 1024 resolution (or higher)	1024 x 768 resolution
NETWORK	1000mbit (Gigabit) wired network	100mbit wired network

As a general rule of thumb, any new Intel Core2Duo computer (or higher) will be fine, as will most decent computers purchased within in the last couple of years.

IMPORTANT NOTES

	Budget Intel Atom Netbooks (or ‘Net-top’ computers) are NOT adequate for running a database application like ClinicOffice v4. For more information, see this comparison of Intel Atom vs Core2Duo.
	AVAST! Antivirus can interfere with databases which are shared across a network with Windows File Sharing, hence we advise against the use of AVAST!. AVG or Avira are excellent free alternatives.

Network Requirements

Whenever possible, we recommend a WIRED Gigabit (1000mbit) network for running ClinicOffice v4 over your network. The second best solution is a WIRED 100mbit network which will also perform well.

Although ClinicOffice v4 will work over a wireless network, we STRONGLY advise against it. ClinicOffice requires constant network availability and a poor wireless connection will introduce stability issues. Furthermore, even the fastest wireless network will still perform MUCH slower than a wired connection.

[More information on Wireless Networks]

Dedicated Server Specification

A dedicated server computer is not a requirement. However if you are going to have more than 5 users simultaneously accessing your database, then we would recommend a dedicated server computer and the ClinicOffice v4 Server Edition.
This table shows the recommended and minimum specifications for a server computer.

	RECOMMENDED	MINIMUM
OPERATING SYSTEM	Windows Server 2003 / 2008	Windows XP or Windows 7
PROCESSOR	Intel Xeon 3GHz (or higher) - or - AMD Opteron X4 (or higher)	Intel Core2Duo QUAD series - or - AMD Phenom II
MEMORY	4 Gb (or more)	2 Gb
SCREEN	1280 x 1024 resolution (or higher)	1024 x 768 resolution
NETWORK	1000mbit (Gigabit) wired network	100mbit wired network

What Technology does ClinicOffice v4 Use?

ClinicOffice 2005 (and previous versions) were written using the excellent Delphi programming language with Elevate Software’s DBISAM serving as the database engine.

With the recent advent of newer hardware technologies (particularly 64-bit processors and operating systems), we decided to move away from the older Windows 32 bit development and move ClinicOffice over to Microsoft’s .NET Framework (pronounced “dot-net framework”).

Hence, ClinicOffice v4 was rewritten from the ground up in a different language called C# for the Microsoft .NET Framework. Customers also have the choice of the ElevatedDB database engine which is ideal for smaller installations, and the PostgreSQL Client/Server database engine for larger installations.

Hardware Requirements