Oracle's newly released Java 7 runtime is relatively painless to install and uninstall.

Java runtime environments can be installed on a computer in one of two ways. The first way is to download and install the JRE, which is a Java runtime environment and nothing else.

If you've seen it, you hate: the dialog box in OS X that tells you need "legacy" Java installed, but you're not using an app that relies on Java. We have ideas on getting rid of it.

For the answer to your question, read on. Is Java Insecure? Java has two parts: the runtime that runs on your computer (and lets you run Java apps), and the browser plug-in that comes along with it.

At runtime when you launch an Adobe application, you are prompted to install Java if it is not already installed. If you do not install Java before running an Adobe application, there can be ...

The Java runtime shipping in Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, and Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, will continue to be supported and maintained through the standard support cycles of those products.