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The new flash trading platform - any problems? (FINS)     

schober - 11 Apr 2006 15:34

anyone tried it with an "ancient" computer eg a 400mhz p2 with 128m of ram??
do fins expect me to buy another computer????

System Requirements
Hardware

Most modern PCs will run our interface successfully but we recommend that you have at least a 750 Mhz Pentium III (or equivalent) processor with 256MB of RAM and 1MB of available hard disk space.
Macs are also supported.

Screen Resolution

The platform is best viewed at a screen resolution of 1024x768. You can adjust your screen resolution by going to Control panel > Display > Settings > Screen area.

Operating system

Windows: Microsoft Windows 95, 98, 2000, XP, 2003 Server or ME.
Mac: Mac OS X 10.1.x, Mac OS X 10.2.x, Mac OS X 10.3.x, or Mac OS X 10.4.x or newer.

Internet browser

Windows: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, Firefox 1.x, Mozilla 1.x, Netscape 7.x and above, CompuServe 7, AOL 9, Opera 7.11 and above

MightyMicro - 11 Apr 2006 23:41 - 2 of 3

Well, if it runs on Windows 95 it would interesting to find that running on a machine with their suggested spec. They should be congratulated for making sure it runs on all those systems and browsers.

schober: have you tried it on your "ancient" computer?

schober - 12 Apr 2006 20:03 - 3 of 3

Yes. it says w95 but needs ie6 but afaik ie6 is not comaptible with w95
also most w95 systems will only have 64mb ram!
it makes one wonder!
no mm, i havent tried it on my ancient w98 'puter
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