The RealPlayer 5.0 is designed to work on the Macintosh PowerPC. Macintosh 68040 users should download RealAudio Player 3.0. The following table explains which hardware is required for specific Macintosh machines.

Requirement	Audio	Video & Animation>
CPU	68040 or faster	PowerPC
Modem	14.4 modem	28.8 modem*
RAM	8 MB	8 MB
Hard Disk Space	2 MB	2 MB
Video Card	not applicable	256 color video or greater required for to playback video algorithms
Internet Connection	SLIP or PPP connection to an Internet Service Provider, or an Ethernet or LAN connection
Connection Speed	Depends on the Encoding Algorithm, mimimum speed is 14.4 Kbps. It is recommended that you have at least a 28.8 Kbps connection.
TCP/IP	Apple's Open Transport Recommended

*28.8 modem users can access these clips with Buffered Play (automatically activated when clip speed is higher than connection speed). There will be a longer wait time before the clip will start playing.

Supported Macintosh Browsers
To get the most benefit from the RealPlayer, it is recommend that you have a World Wide Web browser installed. The following World Wide Web browsers are currently supported:

Netscape Navigator
NCSA Mosaic
Microsoft Internet Explorer
NetCruiser 2.0 or later
MacWEB