Those who want to watch the online coverage of NBC of the 2008 summer olympic games needs to have Silverlight 2, a video player, installed on their computer. Unfortunately, old Mac systems such as iMacs, iBooks, Mac minis and PowerBooks do not have the capability to run the video player according to an L.A. Times blog. This is the same case on a computer which is running a Linux operating system.

The article includes a list of the player’s features which includes a picture-in-picture thumbnail and the ability to stream four events at once.

If a user attempts to stream a video, he or she will be greeted with a screen which lists technical requirements about the video player.

Source: Information Week