Installing Tableau Desktop
Before installing Tableau Desktop, make sure your machine meets the necessary requirements for the application. Tableau Desktop is available for Windows and Mac, and the minimum requirements as of this book’s writing were as follows:
Windows Operating Systems
Microsoft Windows 8/8.1, Windows 10 (x64)
2 GB memory
1.5 GB minimum free desk space
CPUs must support SSE4.2 and POPCNT instruction sets
Mac Operating Systems
macOS Mojave 10.14, macOS Catalina 10.15, and Big Sur 11.4+
Intel processors
M1 processors under Rosetta 2 emulation mode
1.5 GB minimum free disk space
CPUs must support SSE4.2 and POPCNT instruction sets