Maya 2009 System Requirements

Software Requirements:

The 32-bit version of Maya 2009 is supported on any of the following operating systems:

Microsoft Windows Vista Business operating system (SP1 or higher)
Microsoft Windows XP Professional operating system (SP2 or higher)
Apple Mac OS X 10.5.2 operating system or higher

The 64-bit version of Maya 2009 is supported on any of the following operating systems:

Microsoft Windows Vista Business (SP1 or higher)
Microsoft Windows XP x64 Edition (SP2 or higher)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 WS operating system (U6)
Fedora 8 operating system

These web browsers are supported for Maya 2009:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 internet browser or higher
Netscape 7 web browser or higher
Apple Safari web browser
Mozilla Firefox web browser

Hardware Requirements:

At a minimum, the 32-bit version of Maya 2009 requires a system with the following hardware:

Windows: Intel Pentium 4 or higher, AMD Athlon 64, or AMD Opteron processor
Macintosh: Intel-based Macintosh computers
2 GB RAM
2 GB free hard drive space
Qualified hardware-accelerated OpenGL graphics card
Three-button mouse with mouse driver software
DVD-ROM drive

At a minimum, the 64-bit version of Maya 2009 requires a system with the following hardware:

Windows and Linux: Intel EM64T processor, AMD Athlon 64, or AMD Opteron
2 GB RAM
2 GB free hard drive space
Qualified hardware-accelerated OpenGL graphics card
Three-button mouse with mouse driver software
DVD-ROM drive

Note: Maya 2009 is also capable of running on other configurations, such as boutique distributions of Linux. However, enumerating systems that are not tested and cannot be supported, or that fall below the requirements for a productive user experience is beyond the scope of the online qualification charts.