Hardware & Software of Multimedia

The essential hardware that is required I'd say for multimedia would consist of :
- Multimedia PC
- Printer
- Scanner
- CD/DVD Burners
- Digital & SLR Cameras

There are many different software packages that could be used to produce/development multimedia things. Such as the Adobe Suite consisting of

Adobe Flash CS3/4/5
Adobe Photoshop CS3/4/5
Adobe Illustrator CS3/4/5
Adobe Premiere CS3/4/5
Adobe Soundbooth CS3/4/5

and a number of others but what else could be used are the like of 3D programs (3Ds Max, Maya, Lightwave etc etc...)

All this would help in the aid of creating multimedia material.