Windows 7 system requirements determine

Windows 7 system requirements may not be a secret, but now, we can know more exactly what the final retail version of the system requirements are. Microsoft issued a relatively modest system requirement in the release of Windows 7 Beta in January, which is only slightly different from the RC version of the system that was just released.

Windows 7 Beta System Requirements:

1GHz Main Frequency 32bit or 64bit Processor

1GB Memory

6GB Available Hard Disk Space

Support for DirectX9, graphics processor with 128MB of video memory (the minimum requirement to open the Aero theme)

The official release of the Windows 7 RC system requires

32bit or 1bit at 1GHz or higher 64bit processor

1GB memory (32bit system)/2GB memory (64bit system)

16G available hard disk space (32bit system) or 20GB free hard disk space (64bit system)

Support for DirectX9 and use WDDM 1.0 or higher drivers

This is the only substantial change from the Windows 7 Beta in January. The hardware requirements for 64-bit systems have improved, but in fact, Most users who plan to use 64-bit Windows 7 have configurations that completely exceed system requirements, such as 4GB of memory and so on.

Although this is only a system requirement for the release candidate, Microsoft revealed to ZDNet that this is already Windows 7's "final system requirement". In general, different versions may have different system requirements, such as Start Edition and Ultimate Edition, but a Microsoft spokesperson said that the system requirements for this release apply to all versions of Windows 7.

If users want to use XP mode in Windows 7, they need at least 2GB of RAM, 15GB of extra hard disk space, and a processor that supports hardware virtualization.

According to early test results, Windows 7 performed better than Windows Vista in the same hardware environment.

“ A long time ago there has not been a Windows system that saves more hardware resources than the previous version. "Mike Nash, vice president of Microsoft's Windows products division, said in a conference call.

Windows 7 has shown better performance under slightly lower system requirements, which is a good trend for next-generation operating systems.