FAQ: PC Requirements for Koha

QUESTION:

 

The Friends are buying us new computers for the library. So, looking forward to when we'll be running KOHA on all this shiny new equipment, we want to buy what we will need when nhaisLOCAL is implemented.  Can you please advise on hardware specs for the system?  Anything special in the computer dept., or just the fastest, most memory we can get?  

 

ANSWER :

 

I sent this query to our rep at ByWater and here is the response:  "This is a very easy question. Because Koha is web based, the requirements for PCs are minimal. We would suggest at least 2GB of RAM on each of the staff computers, but other than that, there is no other requirement. They will need to install Mozilla Firefox: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/ for the staff interface, but all of the public computers could use whatever they want (but we suggest Firefox for those as well)."