Below are the system requirements of SIMUL8 for Education 2008 .

Operating Systems
SIMUL8 Corporation certifies that SIMUL8 for Education 2008 and all SIMUL8 Plug-in software Release 2008 are compatible with:

• Windows 95 (OSRa and above)
• Windows 98
• Windows ME
• Windows NT4 (service pack 3 and later)
• Windows 2000 Professional
• Windows 2000 Server
• Windows XP Home Edition
• Windows XP Professional
• Windows XP Media Center
• Windows Server 2003
• Windows Vista

Minimum System Requirements
SIMUL8 plus any plug-ins have the following hardware system requirements:

• Windows 95, 98, ME, NT 4, 2000, XP or higher
• 486/66 MHz Processor
• 24MB of available RAM but only 16 MB for Windows 95/98
• 70MB of available hard-disk space
• Mouse or equivalent pointing device
• CD-ROM drive for installation of boxed edition

If you wish to make use of SIMUL8 VR features you will also require:

• Pentium 300 MHz Processor
• 64MB of available RAM (only 32 MB for Windows 95/98)
• 120MB of available hard-disk space

Networks
SIMUL8 can be installed onto, and run from, networked drives.

Large Simulations
SIMUL8 has been shown to be faster than many other top simulation packages. However you should be aware that most simulation studies involve some period of making "long runs" of simulations to get a measure of the long term performance and variability of the operation. 

The faster the PC, the faster these results will be obtained.  SIMUL8 uses disk space during simulation runs to store results information.  A large simulation, running for a long period, will require additional disk space (more than recommended above).

Software Compatibility
SIMUL8 is certified compatible with VBA in Excel, Access, Word and Visio.

SIMUL8 can connect to Microsoft Visio and read Visio files. To read Visio *.VDX files (the standard in Visio 2002 and above) Visio is not required. To read Visio *.VSD files (versions before 2002) Visio 5.0 or above must be installed.