PC
don't you think this info is getting a little long in the tooth?
the example expects as much as 128Mb ram WOWEE!!!
and assumes onboard graphics.
This was good advice when the P3 came out
and google earth was still called google big-bang
GE has a pretty low spec but does require a dedicated graphics card
Operating system: Windows 2000, Windows XP
CPU speed: Intel Pentium PIII 500 MHz
System memory (RAM): 128MB
200MB hard-disk space
3D graphics card: 3D-capable video card with 16MB VRAM
1024x768, 32-bit true color screen
Network speed: 128 kbps ("Broadband/Cable Internet")
NikkiB - instead see
http://earth.google.com/support/bin/answer.py? answer=45606&topic=1149
and look at the known issues for your graphics card
http://earth.google.com/support/bin/topic.py?t opic=1149