The following minimum hardware configuration is recommended to completing the installation successfully and allow flawless operation of the self-study environment:
2 GB RAM
5 GHz CPU
10 GB free disk space for installation files and software
The System Requirements and Supported Platforms document, part of the Siebel CRM documentation by Oracle, provides detailed information about hardware and software requirements for each Siebel version. The document for version 8.1 can be found at http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E11886_01/V8/CORE/SRSP_81/booktitle.html.
It is also possible, and recommendable, to install a self-study environment on a virtual machine. Oracle's VirtualBox product is freely available as Open Source Software at http://www.virtualbox.org.