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Win 7 recommended PC requiremennts

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by ysc2

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I'm looking to upgrade my computer hardware (presently a P4), so I might as well get something that will run the future Win 7 smoothly. What CPU speed and style and what type and how much RAM should I get? Thanks

DB

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by the scummy one

on how you are going to use it AND when it is released, what requirements need be met, along with what is available for it.

by ysc2

I new it wasn't as simple as that. Ed Bott, in his ZDNet Update Today article "How many Intel CPUs will fail the XP Mode test in Windows 7?" (http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=946&tag=nl.e539) lays down that if you are thinking of running what is called XP Mode in the future Win7, you are going to need VT support and not all of the new chipsets and motherboards support it.

by dondefy

For the Basic Windows 7
* 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
* 512 MB of system memory
* 20 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available space
* Support for DirectX 9 graphics and 32 MB of graphics memory
* DVD-ROM drive
* Audio Output
* Internet access (fees may apply)

For the Premium Windows 7
* 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
* 1 GB of system memory
* 40 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available space
* Support for DirectX 9 graphics with:
o WDDM Driver
o 128 MB of graphics memory (minimum)
o Pixel Shader 2.0 in hardware
o 32 bits per pixel
* DVD-ROM drive
* Audio Output
* Internet access (fees may apply)

Please do not use wikipedia as your reference as it is a pile of ****.

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