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• Minimum System Requirements for Windows Users (immediately below)
• Minimum System Requirements for Macintosh Users

Minimum System Requirements for Windows Users
This Biochemistry 3/e Electronic Study Guide contains .html pages and Java applets. The .html pages can be viewed via almost any browser on almost any Windows computer. However, the Java applets (which are in the Quizzing section of this Electronic Study Guide) will not run successfully unless the following minimum system requirements are met by your computer:

• Windows95, Windows98, or WindowsNT 4.x
• Pentium processor
• 16 megabytes of RAM (32 megabytes for NT 4.x)
• Mouse
• Color monitor capable of 256-color display and at least 640 x 480 resolution. While 640 x 480 can be used to view this product, at least 800 x 600 resolution is highly recommended. For more information on the drawbacks of 640 x 480 and on checking and changing your computer's video display, see Notes on Video Display.
• 4.x or higher version of either the Internet Explorer browser or the Netscape browser. If you want to download (for free) the latest version of either Internet Explorer or Netscape, click on the appropriate icon below and you will be taken to that vendor's web page for download information.


In the case of both browsers (I.E. and Netscape), the Java option and the Javascript option will need to be enabled. To check if these options are enabled in your browser (and to change them if needed), see Enabling Java and JavaScript.

Minimum System Requirements for Macintosh Users
This Biochemistry 3/e Electronic Study Guide contains .html pages and Java applets. The .html pages can be viewed via almost any browser on almost any Macintosh computer. However, the Java applets (which are in the Quizzing section of this Electronic Study Guide) will not run successfully unless the following minimum system requirements are met by your computer:

• System 7.6.1
• PPC processor
• 8 megs free RAM for systems using the I.E. 4.0 browser or the Netscape 4.08 browser. This RAM requirement increases with the newer releases I.E. and Netscape (as the RAM requirements for the browsers themselves increase).
• Mouse
• Color monitor capable of 256-color display and at least 640 x 480 resolution. While 640 x 480 can be used to view this product, at least 800 x 600 resolution is highly recommended. For more information on the drawbacks of 640 x 480 and on checking and changing your computer's video display, see Notes on Video Display.
• 4.x or higher version of either the Internet Explorer browser or the Netscape browser. If you want to download (for free) the latest version of either Internet Explorer or Netscape, click on the appropriate icon below and you will be taken to that vendor's web page for download information.




Caution! If you are using Internet Explorer 4.5 or greater on a Macintosh platform DO NOT run a quiz without first downloading and installing Mac OS Runtime for Java 2.2! Running a quiz without first installing MRJ 2.2 may result in a system crash. You can download MRJ 2.2 from Apple at www.apple.com/java.

In the case of both browsers (I.E. and Netscape), the Java option and the Javascript option will need to be enabled. To check if these options are enabled in your browser (and to change them if needed), see Enabling Java and JavaScript.