It's now been confirmed by Microsoft that Windows 7 will be lighter on your hardware than Windows Vista.
The minimum hardware requirements to run Windows 7 have been made public - a 1GHz CPU, 1GM RAM, 16GB of free disk space and a DirectX 9c capable video card. For the first time in over a decade, the upcoming version of Windows will not demand more than the one preceding it.
For the 64-bit editions, it is recommended to have 2GB of RAM and 20GB of hard disk space.
Further, for the new Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode, Microsoft recommends having 2GB of RAM, an additional 15GB of hard disk space, and a processor supporting Intel-VT or AMD-V (these standards for hardware virtualisation are supported by most Intel and AMD CPUs sold today).
Almost any netbook on the market today can run Windows 7 RC without much sweat. We even ran pre-release versions of Windows 7 on a desktop PC comprising of a Celeron 466MHz CPU, 512MB RAM, and 20GB hard disk.
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Peter said: I havent installed the RC - plenty of other people doing the testing for me- sticking with XP Pro for now but its far too early to state how Win 7 will shape up once its a commercial release I for one could see myself moving to Win 7 probably 6 mths or so after it goes live commercially probably with a new build PC
Hima said: I agree with u Skids i agree with u skids XP is the best OS ever made and till now i still use it
Skids said: Unfortunately the foot stood in Vistas mess along the way and 7 smells too much like it Ive used both and I dont like either XP is by far the best OS ever made
Jankers said: I for one wont be fooled into buying Vista Me Im happy enough with the original Vista W7s really just a rebranded and tweaked version for all those nincompoops who talked themselves into a corner from the beginning by slagging off Vista - which they knew b-all about - and now need an excuse to go buy it without losing face