System requirements for running Wenlin Software

Mouse (or pointing device)
CD-ROM drive (while running initially or installing)
500 megabytes on hard drive (for optional complete installation)
32 megabytes RAM (in addition to RAM needed by the operating system)
Any of these operating systems: Microsoft Windows Vista, XP, Me, 2000, NT4, 98, or 95; Apple MacOS X (10.2 through 10.5) or System 9 (Macintosh users please note: Wenlin may or may not still work on System 8)

A CD-ROM drive is required for installation, but afterwards it is no longer required. Alternatively, Wenlin can always be run directly from the CD, in which case installation is unnecessary, and only a few megabytes of hard drive space are used while Wenlin is running.

For GNU/Linux, please see our Wenlinux page.

We formerly supported DOS, but not any more. We intend to support more operating systems in the future.

Wenlin is compatible with Chinese versions of MacOS and MS-Windows, and with the Apple Chinese Language Kit, but does not require any of these.

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