This page provides users with advance notice of upcoming changes to the list of desktop operating systems supported by the LabVIEW development system. Please note that this page does not include operating system support information for LabVIEW modules and toolkit software. All plans are subject to change without notice.
For more information regarding support levels and timelines, visit the NI LabVIEW Life Cycle Policy.
As of August 2010, new LabVIEW releases will no longer support Windows 2000 or Mac OS X 10.4.
| 8.6 | 8.6.1 | 2009 | 2009 SP1 | 2010 | 2010 SP1 | 2011 | 2011 SP1 | 2012 | |
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| SPARC 32-Bit |
1 Prior to LabVIEW 2009, LabVIEW was only a 32-bit application that was compatible with Windows Vista x64 through Windows on Windows (WoW) 64. LabVIEW 2009 and later will provide both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the LabVIEW development environment.