Welcome to QuickTime 5 QuickTime is Apple's award-winning, industry-standard software architecture for creating, playing and streaming digital media for Mac OS and Windows. QuickTime 5 adds several exciting new capabilities to the QuickTime feature set. Macintosh System Requirements: QuickTime 5 requires a PowerPC, G3, or G4 CPU running Mac OS version 7.5.5 or higher, and Open Transport version 1.2 or higher. In addition, the computer must have at least 32 MB of RAM. Windows System Requirements: QuickTime 5 runs on Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Millennium Edition (aka Windows Me), Windows NT and Windows 2000. It requires an Intel Pentium or compatible processor, 32 MB of RAM, SoundBlaster or compatible sound card and speakers. DirectX version 3.0 or later is recommended. Note to QuickTime Pro Users QuickTime Pro keys purchased prior to October 12, 2000 will not work in QuickTime 5. Visit the Apple Store <www.store.apple.com> to purchase a QuickTime 5 key. Note to Sorenson Broadcast Users Sorenson Broadcaster versions 1.1 and earlier are not compatible with QuickTime 5. Machines running Sorenson Broadcaster should not be upgraded to QuickTime 5. Check the Sorenson website <www.sorenson.com> for up-to-date information regarding this compatibility issue. New in QuickTime 5 A true all-in-one cross-platform media tool, QuickTime 5 delivers a host of new features that include: • An enhanced QuickTime Player interface • Media Skins, customized interfaces for media • Macromedia Flash 4 • DLS-compatible Music Synthesizer • MPEG-1 Streaming • Hot Picks, bringing you the best in QuickTime content • 360-degree immersive environments with Cubic VR • Seamless updates to QuickTime with automatic software updates • Enhanced AppleScript support (Macintosh Only) This is just a brief sampling of the new capabilities of QuickTime 5. For more details on these and the rest of the QuickTime 5 capabilities, please visit the QuickTime web site at <www.app