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System requirements

Hardware

Macromedia has tested Macromedia Flash Player 8 extensively on the following minimum hardware configurations:

Windows	Macintosh
Intel Pentium II 450MHz or faster processor (or equivalent)	PowerPC G3 500MHz or faster processor
128MB of RAM	128MB of RAM

Operating systems and browsers

Flash Player 8 is supported on the following operating systems and browsers:

Windows

Platform	Browser
Microsoft Windows 98	Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5, Firefox 1.x, Mozilla 1.x, Netscape 7.x or later, AOL 9, Opera 7.11 or later
Windows Me	Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5, Firefox 1.x, Mozilla 1.x, Netscape 7.x or later, AOL 9, Opera 7.11 or later
Windows 2000	Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.x, Firefox 1.x, Mozilla 1.x, Netscape 7.x or later, CompuServe 7, AOL 9, Opera 7.11 or later
Windows XP	Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, Firefox 1.x, Mozilla 1.x, Netscape 7.x or later, CompuServe 7, AOL 9, Opera 7.11 or later
Windows Server 2003	Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, Firefox 1.x, Mozilla 1.x, Netscape 7.x or later, CompuServe 7, AOL 9, Opera 7.11or later

Macintosh

Platform	Browser
Mac OS X v.10.1.x, 10.2.x, 10.3.x, or 10.4.x	Internet Explorer 5.2, Firefox 1.x, Mozilla 1.x, Netscape 7.x or later, AOL for Mac OS X, Opera 6, Safari 1.x or later

Languages

Flash Player 8 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.

If you're having trouble viewing Flash content, visit the Flash Player Support Center.