1 [[!meta title="System requirements"]]
3 Tails should work on any reasonably recent computer, say manufactured after 2005.
4 Here is a detailed list of requirements:
6 - Either **an internal or external DVD reader** or the possibility to **boot from a USB stick or SD card**.
7 - Tails requires an <span class="definition">[[!wikipedia x86]]</span>
8 compatible processor: **<span class="definition">[[!wikipedia
9 IBM_PC_compatible]]</span>** and others but not <span
10 class="definition">[[!wikipedia PowerPC]]</span> nor <span
11 class="definition">[[!wikipedia ARM]]</span>. Mac computers are IBM PC
12 compatible since 2006.
13 - **1 GB of RAM** to work smoothly. Tails is known to work with less memory
14 but you might experience strange behaviours or crashes.