Processor:
Intel Pentium or AMD Athlon 1.8GHz or higher (2.4GHz recommended)
Intel Pentium HT or AMD Athlon 2.4GHz or 1.6GHz Dual core required for Windows Vista
Intel Core2 Duo 2.4GHz or higher required for AVCHD editing

Operating Systems:
Windows XP with Service Pack 2
Windows Vista (32 bit Windows Vista recommended)

Hard Disk:
1GB of space to install software
3+GB to install bonus content

Memory:
512MB RAM (1GB recommended)
1GB required for HD and/or Windows Vista (2GB recommended)
1.5GB required for AVCHD (2GB required on Windows Vista)

Optical Drive:
DVD-ROM
CD burner for creating Video CDs or Super Video CDs (S-VCDs)
DVD burner for creating DVDs and HD DVD discs

Others:
DirectX 9 or higher compatible graphics card with 64MB (128MB recommended) - 128MB required on Windows Vista (256 MB ATI Radeon9600+ or NVIDIA GeForce 6 or higher recommended)256MB required for HD and AVCHD editing (ATI Radeon9600+ or NVIDIA GeForce 6 or higher recommended)
DirectX 9 or higher compatible sound card
Sound card with surround sound output required for preview of surround sound mixes**
Capture from DV, HDV and Digital8 camcorders or VCRs (requires a FireWire port on your PC)
Capture from analog camcorders, 8 MM, HI 8, VHS, SVHS, VHS-C, SVHS-C, or VCRs (NTSC/PAL/SECAM). Requires DirectShow compatible graphic board or TV tuner board with analog (Composite or S-Video) inputs on your PC
Import from AVCHD* camcorders (requires USB 2.0 on your PC and a UDF driver which comes with your camcorder)
Output to DV, HDV or Digital8 tape (requires camcorder with DV Input port and a PC with a DV/FireWire port)
Output to analog videotape (requires DirectShow compatible video device or video card with TV-output)