Microsoft® Windows® 7 Home Premium, Professional or Ultimate (32-bit edition, or 64-bit edition with 32-bit browser)

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 or later (32-bit)
• Mozilla Firefox 3.x, or later
• Google Chrome
• Adobe Flash Player 10.1 or later

Microsoft Windows Vista® Home Basic, Home Premium, Ultimate, Business or Enterprise (32-bit edition, or 64-bit edition with 32-bit browser)

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 or later (32-bit)
• Mozilla Firefox 2.x, 3.x or later
• Google Chrome
• Adobe Flash Player 10.1 or later

Microsoft Windows XP Professional or Home Edition with Service Pack 2

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or later (32-bit)
• Mozilla Firefox 2.x, 3.x or later
• Google Chrome
• Adobe Flash Player 10.1 or later

Windows hardware requirements

• Windows XP: 450MHz Intel® Pentium® II or faster processor or equivalent (128MB of RAM, 512MB recommended)
• Windows Vista: 1GHz Intel Pentium II or faster processor or equivalent (1GB of RAM)

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Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional or Ultimate (32-bit edition, or 64-bit edition with 32-bit browser)

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 or later (32-bit)
• Mozilla Firefox 3.x
• Google Chrome
• Adobe Flash Player 10.1 or later

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic, Home Premium, Ultimate, Business or Enterprise (32-bit edition, or 64-bit edition with 32-bit browser)

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 or later (32-bit)
• Mozilla Firefox 2.x, 3.x
• Google Chrome
• Adobe Flash Player 10.1 or later

Microsoft Windows XP Professional or Home Edition with Service Pack 2

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or later (32-bit)
• Mozilla Firefox 2.x, 3.x
• Google Chrome
• Adobe Flash Player 10.1 or later

Windows hardware requirements

• Windows XP: 450MHz Intel Pentium II or faster processor or equivalent (512MB of RAM, 1GB recommended)
• Windows Vista: 1GHz Intel Pentium II or faster processor or equivalent (1GB of RAM, 2GB recommended)
   

Mac OS X v10.4, 10.5, 10.6 (Intel)

• Mozilla Firefox 2.x, 3.x
• Safari 2.x, 3.x
• Google Chrome
• Adobe Flash Player 10.1 or later

Mac OS X v10.4 (PowerPC®) 

• Safari 2.x
• Mozilla Firefox 2.x, 3.x
• Google Chrome
• Adobe Flash Player 10.1 or later

Mac OS hardware requirements 

• 500MHz PowerPC G3 or faster or 1.83GHz Intel Core™ Duo or faster processor
• 128MB of RAM (512MB recommended)

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Mac OS X v10.4, 10.5, 10.6 (Intel)

• Mozilla Firefox 2.x, 3.x
• Safari 2.x, 3.x
• Google Chrome
• Adobe Flash Player 10.1 or later

Mac OS X v10.4 (PowerPC)

• Safari 2.x
• Mozilla Firefox 2.x, 3.x
• Google Chrome
• Adobe Flash Player 10.1 or later

Mac OS hardware requirements

• 500MHz PowerPC G3 or faster or 1.83GHz Intel Core Duo or faster processor
• 128MB of RAM (512MB recommended)

Linux®
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4.x, 5.x; Novell SUSE® 9.x or 10.x, Ubuntu 10

• Mozilla Firefox 2.x, 3.x
• Adobe Flash Player 10.1 or later

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Linux Ubuntu 10

• Mozilla Firefox 2x, 3x
• Adobe Flash Player 10.1 or later

Solaris™

• Mozilla Firefox 2.x, 3.x
• Adobe Flash Player 9 or later

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Additional requirements

• Bandwidth: 56Kbps

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Additional requirements 

• Bandwidth: DSL/cable (wired connection recommended)
• Webcam (most have microphone built-in)
• Microphone (noise cancelling and echo reduction preferred)

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