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Can I run PyCharm?
PyCharm by JetBrains: the publisher’s own system requirements, checked against your exact laptop.
Minimum requirements
- CPU
- CPU with x86_64 or arm64 architecture and 4 cores
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 10 GB
- OS
- Windows 10 or 11; macOS 15 or 26; Linux (Ubuntu 24.04/26.04 LTS, Fedora 43/44, Debian 13, Amazon Linux 2023)
Recommended requirements
Not yet verified.
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Which laptops can reach 8 GB of RAM?
291 of 317 laptops in our database support at least 8 GB of RAM (the model’s documented maximum). That is capacity, not what ships in the box — check your exact configuration, and see whether your model’s RAM can be upgraded.
Where these requirements come from
- JetBrains (Documentation) — PyCharm installation guide — System requirements · retrieved 9/20/2026
- minimum: 8 GB of total RAM, of which 3 GB is available for the IDE processes. Display resolution 1280 x 720.
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