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Minimum Requirements for Checkmate 5.5

Web Server
.Net Framework 2.0 SP 1
Windows Vista(SP1), Windows XP(SP2 and SP3) , Windows 7, Windows Server 2003/2008, - 32bit/64bit
Minimum 2GB RAM
Fast disk drives – OS and Data on separate disk
SQL Server 2005/2008
Internet Access - High Speed for best performance
Internet Explorer 8 or Firefox with click-once add-on
Microsoft Excel 2003/2007/2010
Ports required: 80 and 443

Client
.Net Framework 2.0 SP 1
Windows Vista(SP1), Windows XP(SP2 and SP3), Windows 7, - 32bit/64bit
Basic web functionality in Linux and Mac
Minimum 1GB RAM
Microsoft MapPoint 2009 (If address look up feature required)
Internet Access - High Speed for best performance
Internet Explorer 8 or Firefox with click-once add-on
The following ports need to be open in your proxy/firewall: 80 and 443

Are there any plans to ever have Checkmate run on a Apple Macintosh computer?
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The full version is a .Net application and as such it won't work on an Apple computer.
However, Checkmate is moving towards a more web based approach and with each new release more functionality will be added to the web portion of Checkmate which does work across all platforms.

We have abandoned all Windows machines and now work in the cloud with Macs, iPhones and iPads. Geotab is the last program running on our old Windows computer. Looking forward to a web based approach.

Does the server support include 2008 R2 for both web and SQL server?

Yes, it supports SQL and WIndows 2008 R2 .

you may run Checkmate on a Mac using the parallels application for Mac which allows you to run windows on a Mac. Would be interested to find out if someone was able to run checkmate successfully using this program.

Has there been any progress on testing with the parallels app.

We have not performed any testing with the Parallels software.
However, seeing as it is a virtual machine in which you can install windows and as such install .Net Framework I don't see why it wouldn't work in Parallels.

Is there an expected release date for Checkmate "in the Cloud" with all features? We have several customers switching to Apple and have been telling them it is coming.

Hello.

There is no set release date as yet. However, we anticipate a beta will be available at the end of first quarter this year (2012).

Thanks.