Hardware and Software Needed for Multimedia

Hardware

P3 CPU
512MB RAM
Graphics Card
Sound Card
80GB HDD
DVD Burner
Monitor
Keyboard
Mouse
Speakers
Microphone
Camera
Scanner
Graphic Pad
Flash Drive (USB 2 compatibility)
Printer

Software

Operating System (XP or OSX)
Web Authoring (Text Editor for HTML and CSS, HTML Kit, BBedit, Topstyle, Dreamweaver, Coffee Cup, Adobe GoLive)
Browser (Explorer, Firefox, Safari)
Graphics/Animation (Adobe CS Photoshop - raster/bitmap, Adobe Illustrator - vector/no scaling problems, Macromedia Flash - has large file, compatibility, plug in & accessibility issues, Macromedia Fireworks, Macromedia Freehand, GIMP - open source/free/similar to Photoshop)
Audio Editing (Audacity)
Administration/Project Tools (MS Office, Adobe Indesign, MS Project, BaseCamp, Open Office)