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Daulevuka 10th Feb 2010
512 Ram is ok for window7? or winxp?
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You do a major system upgrade when you install a new operating system or a new application that requires more resources.

While you can run XP with 512MB of RAM, it runs a lot better with 1GB.

For the 32 bit version of Windows 7, the minimum RAM is 1GB. I ALWAYS double Microsoft's minimum system requirements.

Here is the link:

http://windows.microsoft.com/systemrequirements

You can also download the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor and see what other hardware you should upgrade.

Chas
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Ram XP & Windows 7
dayen@... Updated - 10th Feb 2010
I find that with the updates and some office software I see mem usage of 390 MB before running any programs (windows at rest running antivirus) the worlds changing the more MEM the better, windows XP need 1 GB min I upgraded to 3 GB on XP, windows 7 didn't do well for me with 2 GB, 4 GB works much better I went for 8 GB in my machines using the 64 bit OS. I guess it depends on what your office need all our machines got a 1 GB upgrade for normal work server are getting 8 GB
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