System Requirements

Minimum hardware requirements:

• Pentium 3
• 384 MB of RAM, some images require 512MB or more.
• 1024x768 display
  

Recommended hardware requirements:

• Dual or quad core Intel or AMD processor
• 1GB of RAM or more
• 1280x1024 display or more
• Latest Java 6 version

Bloom requires one of the following in order to run:

• Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7 with Java 5 or Java 6 installed
• Mac OS 10.4, 10.5 & 10.6: they come preinstalled with Java 5 or Java 6 on Mac OS 10.5 and 10.6
• A Linux distribution with Sun's Java 5 or Java 6 JRE installed such as Ubuntu, Fedora, Suse
• Solaris 10 with Java 5 or Java 6

Bloom has been tested on the following platforms:

• Windows 7 32 bits under Java 6
• Windows XP SP2/SP3 under Java 5 and Java 6
• Windows Vista under Java 6
• Mac OS 10.6 under Java 6
• Ubuntu 8.04 under Java 6
• Ubuntu 8.10 under Java 6