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System requirements

• Hardware
• Recommended hardware for standard and high-definition (HD) video playback
• Operating systems and browsers
• Languages

Hardware

Adobe has tested Adobe® Flash® Player 9 extensively on the following minimum hardware configurations:

Windows®	Macintosh	Linux®
Intel® Pentium® II 450MHz or faster processor (or equivalent)	PowerPC® G3 500MHz or faster processor Intel Core™ Duo 1.33GHz or faster processor	Modern processor (800MHz or faster)
128MB of RAM	128MB of RAM	512MB of RAM, 128MB of graphics memory

Recommended hardware for standard and high-definition (HD) video playback

The following minimum hardware configurations are recommended for an optimal playback experience:

Resolution	Windows	Macintosh	Linux
852x480 (480p), 24 fps	Intel Pentium 4 2.33GHz processor (or equivalent) 128MB of RAM 64MB of VRAM	PowerPC G5 1.8GHz or faster processor Intel Core Duo 1.33GHz or faster processor 256MB of RAM 64MB of VRAM	Intel Pentium 4 2.33GHz processor (or equivalent) 128MB of RAM 64MB of VRAM
1,280x720 (720p), 24–30 fps	Intel Pentium 4 3GHz processor (or equivalent) 128MB of RAM 64MB of VRAM	Intel Core Duo 1.83GHz or faster processor 256MB of RAM 64MB of VRAM	Intel Pentium 4 3GHz processor (or equivalent) 128MB of RAM 64MB of VRAM
1,920x1,080  (1080p), 24 fps	Intel Core Duo 1.8GHz processor (or equivalent) 128MB of RAM 64MB of VRAM	Intel Core Duo 2.66GHz processor (or equivalent) 512MB of RAM 128MB of VRAM	Intel Core Duo 1.8GHz processor (or equivalent) 128MB of RAM 64MB of VRAM

Operating systems and browsers

Flash Player 9 is supported on the following minimum operating systems and browsers:

Windows

Platform	Browser
Microsoft® Windows Vista®	Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 2.0, AOL 9, Safari 3.x or later
Microsoft Windows XP	Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later, Firefox 1.x, Firefox 2.x, Mozilla 1.x or later, Netscape 7.x or later, AOL 9, Opera 7.11 or later, Safari 3.x or later
Microsoft Windows Server® 2003	Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later, Firefox 1.x, Firefox 2.x
Microsoft Windows 2000	Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.x, Firefox 1.x, Firefox 2.x, Mozilla 1.x, Netscape 7.x or later, AOL 9, Opera 7.11 or later
Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition	Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5, Firefox 1.x, Mozilla 1.x, Netscape 7.x or later, AOL 9, Opera 7.11 or later
Microsoft Windows 98	Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later, Firefox 1.x, Mozilla 1.x, Netscape 7.x or later, Opera 7.11 or later

Macintosh¹

Platform	Browser
Mac OS X v10.1 or later (PowerPC)	Firefox 1.x, Mozilla 1.x, Netscape 7.x or later, AOL for Mac OS X, Opera 6, Safari 1.x or later
Mac OS X v10.4.x or later (Intel)	Firefox 1.5.0.3 or later, Opera 6, Safari 2.x or later

Linux²

Platform	Browser
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3 update 8, RHEL 4 update 4 (AS/ES/WS)	Firefox 1.5.0.7 or later, Mozilla 1.7.x or later, SeaMonkey 1.0.5 or later
Novell SUSE™ 9.x or 10.1	Firefox 1.5.0.7 or later, Mozilla 1.7.x or later, SeaMonkey 1.0.5 or later

Solaris™

Platform	Browser
Solaris 10	Firefox 1.5.x or later, Mozilla 1.7.x or later

1. ATI Rage 128 GPU does not support fullscreen mode with hardware scaling.
2. Only Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) is supported (OSS/ESD will not play audio; audio will silently fail). Only GTK2-based browser versions are supported.

Languages

Flash Player 9 is available in the following languages for the above operating systems and browsers: Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, English, French, German, Japanese, Italian, Korean, and Spanish.

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