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Macintosh requirements

Minimum for Authoring Without 3D

Minimum for Playback Without 3D

Minimum 3D Support for Authoring and Playback

Full 3D Support

CPU

PPC 180

PPC 120

PPC 233 (using modern 3D-accelerated graphics hardware)

PPC G3 300 (without modern 3D-accelerated graphics hardware)

G3 333

System

OS 8.1(OS X Classic mode only)

OS 8.1(OS X Classic mode only)

OS 8.1(OS X Classic mode only)

OS 8.1(OS X Classic mode only)

RAM

32 MB available

32 MB installed

32 MB installed for playback

64 MB installed for authoring

64 MB RAM

Disk Space

100 MB

100 MB

100 MB

100 MB

Browser

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Netscape 4.X

Internet Explorer 4.5

AOL 4.0

Netscape 4.X

Internet Explorer 4.5

AOL 4.0

Netscape 4.0 or later

Internet Explorer 4.5 or later

AOL 4.0 or later

Renderer

OpenGL 1.1.2

OpenGL 1.1.2

Video Card

(built-in)

(built-in)

64-bit 3D accelerator with 4 MB VRAM

ATI Rage or other 3D accelerator with 8 MB VRAM

Monitor

256-color with 800 x 600 resolution

256-color with 800 x 600 resolution

256-color with 800 x 600 resolution

256-color with 800 x 600 resolution