| Windows | Mac OS |
| Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 64 processor | Multicore Intel processor |
| Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 3; Windows Vista Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1 (Service Pack 2 recommended); or Windows 7 | Mac OS X v10.5.7 or v10.6 |
| 1GB of RAM or more recommended | 1GB of RAM or more recommended |
| 9.3GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash-based storage devices) | 10.3GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash-based storage devices) |
| 1280x800 display with qualified hardware-accelerated OpenGL graphics card, 16-bit color, and 256MB of VRAM | 1280x800 display with qualified hardware-accelerated OpenGL graphics card, 16-bit color, and 256MB of VRAM |
| Some GPU-accelerated features require graphics support for Shader Model 3.0 and OpenGL 2.0 | Some GPU-accelerated features require graphics support for Shader Model 3.0 and OpenGL 2.0 |
| Some features in Adobe Bridge rely on a DirectX 9–capable graphics card with at least 64MB of VRAM | DVD-ROM drive compatible with dual-layer DVDs |
| DVD-ROM drive compatible with dual-layer DVDs | Java Runtime Environment 1.5 or 1.6 |
| Java™ Runtime Environment 1.5 (32 bit) or 1.6 | QuickTime 7.6.2 software required for multimedia features |
| QuickTime 7.6.2 software required for multimedia features | Adobe Flash Player 10 software required to export SWF files |
| Adobe Flash Player 10 software required to export SWF files | Broadband Internet connection required for online services |
| Broadband Internet connection required for online services | |