About Musescore and CPU
Hi.
I have a question about running the musescore programme.
What is the least required CPU that can handle musescore?
Why my question arose, is because i might buy a computer that have a Intel 3 processor, but i´m uncertain musescore will work on it, therefore defeating the purpose of buying the computer.
So what kind of requirements is necessery for Musescore to work, specifically what kind of CPU are required?
Best Regards
Comments
an i3 is sufficient
But probably not an 80386. There could be other processors with "3" in the name, so to be sure, tell us more about the processor. If it's built in the last 10-15 years, though, it should be good. Worst case is it might need the 32-bit version. That's assuming you are running Windows.
In reply to But probably not an 80386. … by Marc Sabatella
Well it´s the new MacBook Air 2020, that has an intel core i3 2x 1.1GHz.
I would answer more meticulously, but I'm not that sharp on computers.
In reply to Well it´s the new MacBook… by Choirandlyre
Should be more than enough. I'm running MS on a 10 year old PC with an Intel core duo processor. The limiting factor is the mechanical hard disk, (no SSD), so startup is leisurely but in use it has no issues.
Any computer as new as yours should find MS a breeze to run.
An i3 would be fine. (I have an old laptop with an Intel Celeron cpu and that run MS no problem).
In reply to Should be more than enough… by yonah_ag
As long as a CPU supports the SSE2 command set, it'd be able to run MuseScore, That is Pentium 4, Winter 2000 and anything after that.
Any machine that is capable of running any of the Operating systems that MuseScore (and Microsoft and Apple) supports, can run MuseSscore. That is Windows 8.1 and 10, macOS 10.10 and later.
One of my computers is a Surface Go. Single core Pentium @ 1.61 Ghz. It runs MuseScore just fine.
In reply to One of my computers is a… by bobjp
Doesn't a Surface Go restrict you to Microsoft store apps? (Therefore it can take a while to get the latest version of Musescore).
In reply to Doesn't a Surface Go… by yonah_ag
The Surface Go comes in what Microsoft calls "S" mode. Which, as you say, will only run apps from the Microsoft store. But it can easily converted to a full version of Windows 10. For that reason I selected one with 8 gb of ram and the most storage I could get. I added a 128 Gb micro SD card to expand the onboard 128 GB. I needed a more portable pc. Is it a powerhouse? Obviously not. But I have been pleasantly surprised.
In reply to The Surface Go comes in what… by bobjp
Does the conversion to full Windows 10 invalidate any warranty? i.e. is it officially allowed by Microsoft or is it a hack? If official then the Surface Go 2, (8Gb, 128GB), looks very attractive.
Sorry that this is a bit off topic.
In reply to The Surface Go comes in what… by bobjp
sorry to open this up again - you have the original surface go? looking for a mobile rig thats mainly just for emails and musescore and looks like I could pick one up for less than 200 which would be incredible if it works
In reply to sorry to open this up again … by Hpotter15
There are several settings that have to be changed. On large scores, I have to leave the mixer open. But it will run Muse Sounds not too bad.