W7 system requirements

Skeithex · Post by **Skeithex** » Sat May 02, 2009 12:34 am

When Microsoft released the Beta of Windows 7 in January, it released a set of recommended system requirements for the Beta (which its officials noted were subject to change). On April 30, concurrent with the beginning of the delivery of the Release Candidate, Microsoft released the final system requirements for Windows 7.

Here are the minimum Windows 7 requirements Microsoft offered in January when it released the Beta:

* 1GHz processor (32- or 64-bit)
* 1GB of RAM
* 16 GB of available disk space
* Support for DirectX 9 graphics with 128MB of memory (for the Aero interface)

Here are the minimum Windows 7 system requirements Microsoft released on April 30 when it made available the Release Candidate to MSDN and TechNet testers:

* 1 GHz processor (32- or 64-bit)
* 1 GB of RAM (32-bit); 2 GB of RAM (64-bit)
* 16 GB of available disk space (32-bit); 20 GB of avaiable disk space (64-bit)
* DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver

Note: If you are planning to run Windows XP Mode along with Windows 7, Microsoft is recommending a PC with a minimum of 2GB of memory and 15 GB of additional disk space. “In addition, Windows Virtual PC requires a PC with Intel-VT or AMD-V enabled in the CPU, as it takes advantage of the latest advancements in hardware virtualization,” according to company officials.

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Post by **froggyboy604** » Sat May 02, 2009 11:52 pm

It is almost the same as Vista Requirements : http://www.microsoft.com/windows/window ... ments.aspx

Skeithex · Post by **Skeithex** » Sun May 03, 2009 12:28 am

froggyboy604 wrote:It is almost the same as Vista Requirements : http://www.microsoft.com/windows/window ... ments.aspx

now that I compare them, it is isn't it.

Post by **froggyboy604** » Sun May 03, 2009 2:10 am

I only see one major difference is Win 7 16 GB avaliable HD space which mean 7 needs an extra 1 GB of hard drive space compared to Vista : at least 15 GB of available space.

Win7 minimum requirements are basicly Vista's recommended requirements. But, what is 7 recommended requirements?

But, if you scroll down to the Vista requirement page there is a small section on minimum requirements. Tricky.

Windows Vista minimum supported system requirements
Home Basic / Home Premium / Business / Ultimate
800 MHz processor and 512 MB of system memory

20 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available space

Support for Super VGA graphics

CD-ROM drive