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System specs for running Windows 7?

user8

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Posted July 15, 2009 at 2:33PM

What are the min system specs for running Windows7?

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Quiet Life

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Posted July 15, 2009 at 3:33PM

Much less than Vista. I have it on a netbook 1.6mhz atom and 1gb ram and it runs fine.
Slower to load than XP but runs and closes down faster.

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user8

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Posted July 15, 2009 at 4:09PM

Cheers.
May upgrade my laptop straight from XP to Windows7.
And miss Vista out!

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Pine Man

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Posted July 15, 2009 at 4:13PM

1GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
1GB RAM (32-bit) / 2GB RAM (64-bit)
16GB available disk space (32-bit) / 20GB (64-bit)
DirectX 9 graphics processor with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver

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Technocrate

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Posted April 22, 2010 at 11:00AM

Running a Windows 7 RC system needs the following requirements:-

a. 1 GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor

b. 1 GB RAM (32-bit) / 2 GB RAM (64-bit)

c. 16 GB available disk space (32-bit) / 20 GB (64-bit)

d. DirectX 9 graphics processor with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver

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