Ansys Software Compatibility Query

- August 29, 2022 at 3:12 pm
  
  saliha.aviation
  Subscriber
  
  Hello Everyone,
  I am currently an incoming postgraduate aerospace engineering student and looking forward to install Ansys student software on my MacBook Pro with M1 Pro chip.
  
  If any experts out there now, I would want to know that does your current Ansys system requirements are compatible to run this software on Apple silicon chips ?
  
  And if it happens to be not compatible what alternative laptops would you recommend to use with system specifications that can help efficiently run this software?
  
  Please advise me on this.
- August 30, 2022 at 12:01 pm
  George Karnos
  Ansys Employee
  Supported Platforms and Operating Systems:
  - Microsoft Windows 10, 64-bit
  Minimum Hardware Requirements:
  - Processor(s): Workstation class
  - 4 GB RAM
  - 25 GB hard drive space
  - Computer must have a physical C:/” drive present
  - Graphics card and driver: Professional workstation class 3-D
  - OpenGL-capable
    
    We can’t recommend one manufacturer over another, but if you Google Laptop for Ansys,
    you should see returns for this. The above are the Minimum Requirements.
    
    You can check the following for Platform Support also,..
    https://www.ansys.com/it-solutions/platform-support
- August 30, 2022 at 3:59 pm
  
  Rob
  Forum Moderator
  
  To add, some of the Windows emulators sometimes work, but as we don't test these we can't comment further. Use at your own risk.