User's Manual

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Before installing the LEGO
®
MINDSTORMS
®
NXT Software,
you must make sure that your computer meets the
following minimum system requirements:
Windows
• Intel
®
Pentium
®
processor or compatible,
800 MHz minimum
• Windows XP Professional or Home Edition
with Service Pack 2
• 256MB of RAM minimum
• Up to 300MB of available hard disk space
• XGA display (1024x768)
• 1 available USB port
• CD-ROM drive
• Compatible Bluetooth adapter (optional)*
Macintosh
• PowerPC
®
G3, G4, G5 processor, 600 MHz minimum
• Apple MacOS X v. 10.3.9 or 10.4
• 256MB of RAM minimum
• Up to 300MB of available hard disk space
• XGA display (1024x768)
• 1 available USB port
• CD-ROM drive
• Compatible Bluetooth adapter (optional)*
*Supported Bluetooth software include Widcomm
®
Bluetooth for Windows (newer than v. 1.4.2.10 SP5), and the Bluetooth stacks included
in Microsoft Windows XP (with Service Pack 2) and Apple MacOS X (10.3.9 and 10.4). For more details on compatible Bluetooth adapters,
see www.MINDSTORMS.com/bluetooth.
INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE
Microsoft Windows
Exit all open programs.
Insert the CD-ROM.
If the CD-ROM does not run automatically:
- click the Start button (at the bottom left-hand
corner of your screen)
- click Run
- type d:\autorun.exe (where d: is your CD drive)
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