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COMPUTER REQUIREMENTS
Minimum Recommended Hardware (PC)
- 700MHZ Pentium III or higher recommended with sound card and speakers
- 256 MB RAM
- 20 GB hard drive
- CD-ROM drive
- 56k modem or higher for Broadband Access (Cable Modem / DSL)
Minimum Software
- Windows XP or later (PC) / OSX (Mac)
- MS Office XP or later (MS Office includes Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
- Internet access
- Email address
- Internet Explorer 6.x(PC) / Netscape 7.2 (PC) / Mozilla Firefox (PC/Mac) / Safari 1.2 or higher (Mac)
- High Speed Broadband connection
- Internet Service Provider
Utilities
- WinZip (free download) for PC or Stuffit Standard (Mac Freeware)
- Adobe Acrobat Reader (free download)
- Virus Protection Software: Norton Anti Virus
Plug-ins
- *Java, Shockwave, or Flash Plug-in (latest version)
*Implies free download
Minimum Mac System Requirements
- 500 MHZ iMac (minimum), 1 GHZ preferred
- 128MB RAM (minimum), 256 MB preferred
- 2 GB free disk space (minimum)
- CD-ROM drive
- Broadband Access (Cable Modem/DSL)
