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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 | —— | 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