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System Requirements

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SchoolMediaInteractive.com is a comprehensive online learning tool which features dynamic learning-objects and educational components. Some of our site features require moderate computer processing load. We suggest the following CPU systems and browsers as a base line for an optimum SMI experience. If your system does not meet our system requirements then you may experince issues when interactiing with our site and streaming video. If so, please read our "Trouble Shooting Tips" below.

Microsoft® Windows® Mac OS X Linux®
Processor Intel® Pentium® II 450MHz, AMD Atdlon® 600MHz or faster processor (or equivalent) Intel Core™ Duo 1.33GHz or faster processor

PowerPC G3 500MHz or faster processor1
800MHz or faster processor
Memory 128MB of RAM 128MB of RAM 512MB of RAM
Graphics memory 128MB of graphics memory2
Platform Operating systems Browsers3
Windows Windows 7,
Windows Vista®,
Windows XP,
Windows Server® 2008,
Windows Server 2003,
Windows 2000
Internet Explorer 6.0 and above,
Mozilla Firefox 2.0 and above,
Google Chrome 2.0 and above4,
Safari 3.0 and above,
Opera 9.5 and above,
AOL 9.0 and above
Mac OS5 Mac OS X 10.6,
Mac OS X 10.5,
Mac OS X 10.4 (Intel),
Mac OS X 10.4 (PowerPC)6
Safari 3.0 and above,
Mozilla Firefox 3.0 and above,
Google Chrome 2.0 and above4,
Opera 9.5 and above,
AOL Desktop for Mac 1.0 and above
Linux7 Red Hat® Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 or later,
openSUSE® 11 or later,
Ubuntu 7.10 or later
Mozilla Firefox 3.0 and above,
Google Chrome 2.0 and above4,
SeaMonkey 1.11 and above
Solaris Solaris™ 106 Mozilla Firefox 3.0 and above
  1. Support for PowerPC-based computers is discontinued
  2. Recommended for GPU hardware acceleration–dependent features. SMI may use software mode for systems that do not meet the system requirements.
  3. SMI supports browser versions listed when run on operating systems supported by the browser vendor.
  4. SMI's Flash Player is integrated as part of Google Chrome.
  5. ATI Rage 128 GPU does not support full-screen mode with hardware scaling.
  6. Content protection using SMI is not available on this platform.
  7. Only Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) is supported. Systems using OSS/ESD will not play audio. Only GTK2-based browser versions are supported.
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