Technical requirements
Running Second Life requires a fairly powerful computer.
System requirements
PC minimum system requirements:
- Internet connection: Cable or DSL
- Operating system: Windows XP (Service Pack 2) or Windows 2000 (Service
Pack 4)
- Computer processor: 800MHz Pentium III or Athlon, or better
- Computer memory: 256MB or better
- Video/Graphics card: nVidia GeForce 2, GeForce 4mx, or better; or ATI
Radeon 8500, 9250, or better
Mac minimum system requirements:
- Internet connection: Cable or DSL
- Operating system: Mac OS X 10.3.9 or better
- Computer processor: 1 GHz G4 or better
- Computer memory: 512MB or better
- Video/Graphics card: nVidia GeForce 2, GeForce 4mx, or better; or ATI
Radeon 8500, 9250, or better
System recommendations
PC minimum system recommendations:
- Internet connection: Cable or DSL
- Computer processor: 1.6GHz Pentium 4 or Athlon 2000+, or better
- Computer memory: 512MB or better
- Video/Graphics card: nVidia GeForce FX 5600, GeForce 6600, or better;
or ATI Radeon 9600 X600, or better
Mac minimum system recommendations:
- Internet connection: Cable or DSL
- Operating system: Mac OS X 10.4.3 or better
- Computer processor: 1.25 GHz G4 or better
- Computer memory: 768MB or better
- Video/Graphics card: nVidia GeForce FX 5600, GeForce 6600, or better;
or ATI Radeon 9600 X600, or better
More information is available at the
Second Life Web site .
Software
Download the Second
Life software and install it on your computer.
After you have installed Second Life software, create
your Second Life name and password so you can log in. A free account
can be set up that provides access to the public Second Life world.
Second Life is a constantly improving product, requiring weekly installation
of the newest system application. So it is usually unavailable for logins
on “Black Wednesday” while system maintenance takes place. When
maintenance is finished, you must download and install the latest version
of Second Life.
