The minimum system requirements for FCS Express are as follows:

 

•PC

oWindows 10/Windows 11

oIntel Core-equivalent or higher

o1 GB RAM

o400 MB Hard drive space

oRecommended system: 4 GB RAM

 

•Mac

o If using FCS Express 7, macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) through macOS 11.x (Big Sur) is supported.

o macOS 12.x (Monterey) is supported with FCS Express version 7.12.0005 and later.  

o If using macOS Monterey 12.3 and more recent Monterey releases, FCS Express 7 v7.12.0009 or higher is compatible.

o macOS 13.1 & 13.2 (Ventura) are supported

▪ Note, to run FCS Express 7 on macOS 13, please ensure "Stage Manager" is turned off. Check back for updates on Stage Manager compatibility.

o ARM-based Macs (M1 & M2 Apple Silicon) are supported with FCS Express 7.10.0007 and later when used with macOS 11.6 or higher.

o 2 GB ram

o Intel Core Duo

o 2 GB Hard drive space

o Recommended system: 8 GB RAM

 

 

 

Notes:

 

•FCS Express takes advantage of many features that are available in higher end Intel Chips. For optimum performance, use the newest generation processors. For example, an i7 will significantly outperform an i5 even if the number of cores and clock speed of the processors are equivalent.

 

•FCS Express can take advantage of all cores in the computer. Thus, while not required, a multi-core computer will be significantly faster than a single core computer for many functions.

 

•FCS Express (32-bit) (PC Only) will use up to 3 GB of RAM on 32-bit Windows and 4 GB of RAM on 64-bit Windows.

 

•FCS Express (64-bit) (PC and Mac) will use up to 128 GB on 64-bit machines.

 

•Please see our topic on R Integration regarding compatibility with R software.