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Windows 7 system requirements: You can probably run it
And that means if you can run the release candidate on your computer you can probably run the final build. So what does it take to run Windows 7 RC? Not much:
- 1GHz 32-bit or 64-bit processor
- 1GB of RAM
- 16GB of disk space (or 20GB for 64-bit users)
- DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
The system requirements aren't actually much higher than those for Windows Vista. The difference is that all versions of Windows 7 will run well on machines with the minimum specifications, whereas the higher end versions of Vista really worked best on machines with more RAM and better video cards. A large part of the difference is due to the fact that Windows 7 was designed to run on slower systems such as netbooks, which are the fastest growing segment of the PC industry.
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Subscribe to commentsjeremyMay 3rd 2009 12:29PM
or you could try xubuntu. works well on old machines.
TscharliMay 4th 2009 7:22AM
as I expected (@19&20): if you critizes 'big M' (not McD.!) for it's expensive crap, you're flamed! THXalot
JohhMay 8th 2009 7:37AM
You did not criticize anything. It was a semi-coherent rant about how you don't like the product(s) and how they freeze or in other ways don't act like you think they should. That's not criticism, that's a troubled person whining "I don't know what I'm doing, so the product sucks! Whaaa!".
As it is definitely not the experience of the average user, it's only fair to assume that if what you said is indeed true, the problem lies in your hardware, your messed up system or, most likely, in you. Not the operating system.
Looking at your previous comments, all you do is whine: "Foxit sucks, Firefox sucks, Internet Explorer sucks, Firefox themes suck, Windows sucks".
Jesus Christ. Either grow up or go Google "computers for beginners".
whiskeyMay 4th 2009 7:22AM
There are some things to consider though, those things that will make 7 a hit or a miss.
First, how will it behave after some months of usage? We all know that a fresh Windows installation works better than one that has got some time (plus some extra software) on it.
Second, and this is something we can all relate to IMHO, running is not the same as running efficiently. An old machine could run Windows XP but it was not practical due to the slow responsiveness. Alas, I do know that is nothing more than a hardware issue (better hardware will run better any OS) but it is the Recommended System Requirements the ones that tell the whole story about 7.
JohhMay 8th 2009 7:37AM
My experience with the XP/Vista transition was that, while the fresh installation of Vista was noticeably faster that a fresh installation of XP (on my admittedly well above average computer resources-wise), there was practically no difference when OS-s got cluttered. Which I guess means that the performance decrease in Vista over a period was bigger.
As the initial performance increase in Windows 7 is way bigger (as compared to Vista OR Xp), I don't see any reasons why a cluttered system would be slower than the previous versions. Time will tell, I suppose.
vamsi_9996May 7th 2009 9:18AM
give me some more
JohnMay 16th 2009 1:41PM
I'm emulating it on my mac :)
jamesJun 11th 2009 8:03AM
it looks like win 7 does have problem on soyo k7vme mobo with 1 gig ram and 1.7 ghz amd semperon socket a cpu with via chrome agp
it will not boot the win7 x86 dvd nor from usb key i can boot it winxp on cd or usb fine even boots linux too i cant figure out why and i installed win7 on a fic pe865 max mobo with 2 gb ram and 1.3 ghz celeron(p4 compatiable) it does boot the dvd and usb win 7 then it fails to get past setting up for first time and reboot so i pull that hd back to soyo k7vme and it does boots up but reboots after getting past setting up for first time grrrrr!!!! what both have in comon that causes both to reboot!