Is there any specific hardware needed to run Windows Media Player on my Mac?
These are the minimum requirements for hardware and software:
Apple Mac OS 8.1 or later (8.6 or later is recommended)
Power PC 603e 180MHz or higher of RAM
Virtual Memory turned on
10 MB of "free" hard disk space
Monitor color depth of 256 colors (millions of colors recommended)
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0.1 or later
Other possibilities would be:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 or later recommended
Netscape Communicator 4.0 or later (Power PC version)
America On-line for Macintosh 4.0 or 5.0
Apple Safari 1.0
If you need an updated version of Windows Media Player for Macintosh, please use these links:
For Mac OS 8.1 through 9.x - WMP 7.1:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/mac71.aspx
For Mac OSX
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/software/macintosh/osx/default.aspx
Be sure to follow the installation instructions under trouble shooting tip #2