Technologicical factors may limit the ambition of your mutlimedia presentation:
Video Mode Resolution Colors ---------- -------------- -------- CGA 320 x 200 4 MCGA 320 x 200 256 EGA 640 x 350 16 VGA 640 x 480 256 S-VGA 1,024 x 768 $>$= 256 S-VGA 1,280 x 1,024 $>$= 256 . . . 16-bit color --$>$ 65536 colors 24-bit color --$>$ 16.7 million colors
PC <-> Macintosh
There are many "portable", "cross-platform" software and "run-time modules", but many of them lose quality/performance during the translation.
Rapid progress in hardware alleviates the problem, but software is too "greedy", especially the multimedia ones.
Short checking list for hardware/software requirements:
-: Small in size, slow to install
+: Large capacity -: Access time of CD-ROM drives is longer than hard-disk drives
- depends on baud rate, network connection, and monthly bill