Apple TV - Manual (Page 7)

Chapter 1 Welcome 7
What You Need to Set Up Apple TV
 A Macintosh computer with:
 Mac OS X system software version 10.3.9, or 10.4.8 or later
 1 GHz Power PC G4 or G5, or an Intel processor
 QuickTime 7.1.5 or later
 256 MB RAM
 16 MB video RAM, or
 A Windows-based computer with:
 Windows XP (Home or Professional, with SP2)
 2.0 GHz Pentium processor or better
 QuickTime 7.1.5 or later (included with iTunes 7.1)
 512 MB RAM
 32 MB video RAM
 iTunes 7.1 or later, which you can download from www.apple.com/itunes/download
 A widescreen, enhanced definition (ED), or high definition (HD) TV with an HDMI, DVI,
or component video port and analog audio or optical digital audio ports
 An HDMI, HDMI-to-DVI, or component video cable and analog or optical digital audio
cables (see “Connecting the cables” on page 12)
 An Ethernet or wireless network and a broadband Internet connection
(DSL/Cable/LAN)
 An iTunes account and iTunes content, such as movies, TV shows, and music,
is recommended