System Requirements Updated

[JayF]

As market volumes continue their climb to the upside, the demands on individual trading workstations also grows. As the below illustration shows, average trade volumes have doubled in the last 7 years, however what that does not demonstrate is how quote volume (bid / ask updates) has grown even more. We're currently seeing about a 5 to 1 ratio of quotes to trades.



Our development teams are continuing their efforts to improve QCharts' efficiencies. That all being said, we have updated the System Requirements for QCharts to the following:

Recommended
Windows 2000, Windows XP, Vista
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo, 2.0 GHz or faster
17" or larger dual monitors with 1024x768 resolution
2 GB RAM
40 MB available disk space
DSL or cable modem
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0

Power User*
Windows 2000, Windows XP, Vista
Intel® Core™ 2 Q6600 Quad-Core, 2.4 GHz or faster
2 or more 19" or larger monitors with 1024x768 resolution
3 GB RAM
40 MB available hard disk space
DSL, cable modem, T1 or T3 Internet connectivity
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0

*A power user is someone who uses 1 or more of the following:
- 5 or more tick charts
- 10 or more interval charts
- 15 or more drawn objects on a chart
- Tracking of a high number of active symbols
- Tracking of E-Minis in a chart