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Here are the system requirements for installing and running Microsoft OneNote:

• A personal computer with a Pentium 133 MHz or higher processor. Pentium III is the minimum recommended for Windows XP.

• Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 3, or Microsoft Windows XP or later operating system.

• 64 MB of RAM, plus an additional 8 MB of RAM for each application that you plan to run simultaneously. Since you'll often be running OneNote in parallel with other applications such as Office, Internet Explorer, and so on, we simply recommend 128 MB.

• Installation of OneNote without Microsoft Office Professional 2003 requires approximately 70 MB of available hard disk space where the operating system is installed. If you already have Office Professional 2003 installed, OneNote will only add approximately 10 MB more to the size of Office Professional 2003. Please note that these figures are based on beta trials and may change for the final released version of OneNote.

• A CD ROM drive from which to install the software.

The following are not required:

• Office 2003. Although OneNote will be released around the same time as Office 2003 and complements it very well, it does not require the latest version of Office to run, nor does Office 2003 require OneNote. OneNote does have certain advanced integration features, such as the ability to e-mail notes with one click, that do require Office 2003.

• Tablet PC. Although OneNote works very well on a Tablet PC, you do not need a Tablet PC to run OneNote. Tablet PC does allow you to use digital ink in notes, which is a very important benefit, so if you can acquire a Tablet PC to run OneNote, by all means do so!

  Tip

  More information on OneNote is available at http://www.microsoft.com/office/onenote.

Installation

When you acquire a new computer, especially if you are an enterprise user, Office and OneNote might already be installed. Installing OneNote on a computer that you already have is a straightforward experience similar to installing any other modest-size Microsoft application. If you install OneNote in an enterprise, you can use all the same powerful Windows and Office tools that you use today to install software over your internal LAN. Bottom line: this is an easy install!

Will future releases of OneNote offer possibilities for developers? Here's what Microsoft Office Product Manager Roan Kang had to say: 'In OneNote Version 1.0, we were focused on making the product a great note-taking and management program, and as a result, it does not have any APIs.  We are very eager to hear from the developer community to see what types of integration and solutions scenarios they are interested in developing with OneNote, and will definitely take that feedback into account for future versions.  (In the meantime, of course, developers have a great note-taking and note-management program for their own notes and ideas.)'