A PC with a sufficiently fast processor, at least 256MB RAM, and at least 20GB of hard disk will permit MANY problems to be solved that once could only be run on mainframe computers. A suggested PC level for MAJOR FEM calculations is one with 1 GB RAM, 60 GB hard disk, and running with Pentium 4/3.2 GHz or BETTER processors would provide more that ADEQUATE capabilities. The state-of-the-art in PC hardware is improving CONSTANTLY; in a few years, even these suggested requirements will seem obsolete.

A PC with a sufficiently fast processor, at least 256MB RAM, and at least 20GB of hard disk will permit many problems to be solved that once could only be run on mainframe computers. A suggested PC level for major FEM calculations is one with 1 GB RAM, 60 GB hard disk, and running with Pentium 4/3.2 GHz or better processors would provide more that adequate capabilities. The state-of-the-art in PC hardware is improving constantly; in a few years, even these suggested requirements will seem obsolete.