Slicer is available on a variety of popular medium- to high-end platforms, including:

• Sun UltraSPARC workstations running Sun Solaris 2.8 (also known as Solaris 8 or SunOS 5.8) and OpenGL 1.2
• PCs running Windows 98, Windows NT, or Windows 2000.
• Computers running Red Hat Linux 7.3.
• Apple Macintosh computers running Mac OS 10.2.
• Other platforms (such as IRIX): we give out all source code, so users can compile it for their operating system.

Solaris

Slicer runs on Sun UltraSPARC workstations with:

• Sun Solaris 2.8 (also known as Solaris 8 or SunOS 5.8)
• OpenGL 1.2
• Memory: 128 MB+
• Disk Space: 35.6 MB for installer, which expands to 145 MB
                  + 37 MB for tutorial data set
• Processor Speed: 450 MHz +

Windows

Slicer runs on PCs with:

• Windows 98, Windows NT, or Windows 2000
• Memory: 128 MB +
• Disk Space: 11.5 MB for installer, which expands to 45 MB
                  + 37 MB for tutorial data set
• Processor Speed: 333 MHz +
• Screen Resolution: 1024 x 786 +
• Colors: 16 bit color +

Linux

Slicer runs on Linux systems with:

• Red Hat Linux 7.3
• Memory: 128 MB+
• Disk Space: 31.6 MB for installer, which expands to 119 MB
                  + 37 MB for tutorial data set
• Processor Speed: 450 MHz +

Mac OS X

Slicer runs on Apple Macintosh computers with:

• Mac OS 10.2
• We are working on hardware requirements.

Other Platforms

Since Slicer's source code is freely available, users can compile it for other operating systems.