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Macromedia Flash MX 2004 System Requirements

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Authoring in Macromedia Flash MX 2004

Windows Flash System Requirements

In order to author in Flash MX 2004 on the Windows platform, you need the following minimum system:

  • 600 MHz Intel Pentium processor or equivalent
  • Windows 98, Windows 2000, or Windows XP
  • 128 MB RAM (256 MB recommended by Macromedia)
  • 347 MB available disk space (More if you plan on storing your Flash files on the hard drive)

Macintosh Flash System Requirements

In order to author in Flash MX 2004 on a Macintosh, you need the following minimum system:

  • 500 MHz Power PC G3 processor
  • Mac OS X 10.2.6 and later, 10.3.4
  • 128 MB computer RAM (256 MB recommended by Macromedia)
  • 280 MB available disk space (More if you plan on storing your Flash files on the hard drive)

Viewing Flash Files for Playback

Windows Flash Viewer

  • Windows NT
    IE 6.0, Netscape 7.x, Mozilla 1.x, CompuServe 7, and Opera 7.11
  • Windows 98
    IE 5.x, Netscape 4.7, Netscape 7.x, Mozilla 1.x, AOL 8, and Opera 7.11
  • Windows Me
    IE 5.x, Netscape 4.7, Netscape 7.x, Mozilla 1.x, AOL 8, and Opera 7.11
  • Windows 2000
    IE 5.x, Netscape 4.7, Netscape 7.x, Mozilla 1.x, CompuServe 7, AOL 8, and Opera 7.11
  • Windows XP
    IE 6.0, Netscape 7.x, Mozilla 1.x, CompuServe 7, AOL 8, and Opera 7.11

Macintosh Flash Viewer

  • Mac OS 9
    IE 5.1, Netscape 4.8, Netscape 7.x, Mozilla 1.x, and Opera 6
  • Mac OS X
    IE 5.2, Netscape 7.x, Mozilla 1.x, AOL 7, Opera 6, and Safari 1.0 (Mac OS X 10.2.x only)

Linux Flash Viewer

  • Mozilla 1.2 and later, Netscape 7.1

Solaris (x86 and Sparc) Flash Viewer

  • Solaris 8, 9
    Mozilla 1.4
  • Solaris 10
    Mozilla 1.4, Mozilla 1.7

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