2021 QuickBooks Point of Sale System Requirements



Versions 11 and 12  

Minimum Configurations:
  • At least 4 GB of RAM(6-8 GB recommended) for a single workstation installation
  • 1 GB of disk space (additional space required for data files)
  • Single user: 2.0 GHz processor (2.8 GHz recommended). Multiple users: 2.8 GHz processor (3.5 GHz recommended)
  • Optimized for 1024x768 screen resolution
  • Operating Systems (North American versions of Windows only):
    • Windows 10 (version 12 only)
    • Windows 8 (see below for QuickBooks Point of Sale 2013 policy regarding Windows 8.1*)
    • Windows 7
    • Windows Server 2008 (SP1 or later strongly recommended)
    • Windows Server 2003
       
  • Data import/export and Microsoft Office Integration requires full versions of the following:
    • Microsoft Excel 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2010 or 2013
    • Microsoft Word 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2010 or 2013
 
Multi-user Recommendations:
  • Multi-core processor and 8 GB of RAM are recommended for better performance on the Point of Sale server workstation.
  • In a multi-user configuration, each workstation concurrently running Point of Sale must have a separately purchased user license and every copy of Point of Sale must be the same version and level.