3 System Requirements for Skype

• PC running Windows 2000, XP or Vista. (Windows 2000 users require DirectX 9.0 for video calls).

• Internet connection – broadband is best (GPRS is not supported for voice calls).

• Speakers and microphone – built-in or separate.

• For voice and video calls, a computer with at least a 1GHz processor, 256 MB RAM and of course a webcam.

• For High Quality Video calls, you will need a high quality video webcam and software, a dual-core processor computer and a fast broadband connection (384 kbps).

Operating Systems

• Windows 2000

• Windows XP

• Windows Vista

Skype also works on Windows 7 (Beta), however they do not officially support this operating system. Skype plans to release further versions with improvements for Windows 7 compatibility in the future.