re: WorldWide Telescope Stars In Virtual Earth

Sunshine — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:45:13 GMT

lol mrx9898, you sure sound excited..not reading requirements before installing :P

The requirements and steps to download WWT can be found at www.worldwidetelescope.org/.../ExperienceIt.aspx

WorldWide Telescope minimum system requirements for PC:

•Microsoft® XP SP2 (minimum), Windows® Vista® (recommended)
•PC with Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 2 gigahertz (GHz) or faster, recommended
•1 gigabyte (GB) of RAM; 2 GB RAM recommended
•3D accelerated card with 128 megabytes (MB) RAM; discrete graphics card with dedicated 256-MB VRAM recommended for higher performance
•1 GB of available hard disk space; 10 GB recommended for off-line features and higher performance browsing
•XGA (1024 x 768) or higher resolution monitor
•Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing and scrolling device
•Microsoft® DirectX® version 9.0c and .NET Framework 2.0
•Required for some features; Internet connection at 56 Kbps or higher through either an Internet service provider (ISP) or a network. Internet access might require a separate fee to an ISP; local or long-distance telephone charges might also apply .

re: WorldWide Telescope Stars In Virtual Earth

mrx9898 — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:41:55 GMT

This looks like a piece of pretty cool software. I'm trying to install on my laptop now... But I dunno if it'll install, coz I didn't read the system requirements :P