Silverlight 2 is officially released to web!
Download the latest version of Silverlight 2 RTW (2.0.31005.0) at http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/ You can find additional detail on Silverlight and what's new in Silverlight 2 from Tim Heuer's blog and debugging Silverlight applications on Mac from Peter Laudati's blog.
Also, check out the supported browser versions and system requirements below.
Compatible Operating Systems and Browsers
| Operating System |
Windows Internet Explorer 7 |
Internet Explorer 6 |
Firefox 1.5, 2, 3 |
Safari |
| Windows Vista |
Yes |
- |
Yes |
- |
| Windows XP SP2 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
- |
| Windows 2000 |
- |
Yes** |
- |
- |
| Windows Server 2003 (excluding IA-64) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
- |
| Mac OS 10.4.8+ (PowerPC) |
- |
- |
Yes* |
Yes* |
| Mac OS 10.4.8+ (Intel-based) |
- |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
* Silverlight 1.0 Only ; ** Silverlight 2 Only
Minimal Requirements
| Components |
Requirement |
| Personal Computer running Windows |
X86 or x64 500-megahertz (MHz) or higher processor with 128-megabytes (MB) of RAM |
| Mac OS 10.4.8+ (PowerPC) |
PowerPC G4 800-MHz or higher processor with 128-MB of RAM |
| Mac OS 10.4.8+ (Intel-based) |
Intel Core Duo 1.83-gigahertz (GHz) or higher processor with 128-MB of RAM |
RECOMMENDED: Use Silverlight in the 32-bit Internet Explorer process on x64 systems. Most browser plug-ins (including Silverlight, Flash, Java and almost all ActiveX controls) only work in 32-bit browsers currently.
