Minimum requirements to deploy FireMonkey on Windows

Question

What are the minimum requirements for a Windows machine to run an application developed in FireMonkey? Can it run any machine that can run a VCL applications? Specifically

Answer 1

From the documentation

Windows Requirements

The GPU must support Pixel Shader 2.0, part of DirectX 9.0, which first appeared from various vendors in these products:

ATI (now AMD) Radeon 9500-X600 series, introduced in 2002. Intel GMA 900, introduced in 2004. NVIDIA GeForce FX (or GeForce 5) series, introduced in 2003. When run in a virtual machine, the host's GPU must be accessible. Such support is found in the following virtualization products:

VMware Workstation 7 VMware Player 3 VMware Fusion 3

Windows XP (with SP2 or SP3) or later is required, either 32-bit or 64-bit. 64-bit applications require 64-bit Windows. When run through Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), Windows Vista or later is required; XP does not have complete support for the GPU over RDP.

(In the local help file for XE5, see RAD Studio->RAD Studio Topics->FireMonkey Application Platform->FireMonkey Platform Prerequisites)