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Old 1st Aug 2009, 05:47
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i have been looking at being one of the first to purchase windows 7 when it comes out where i am and just wondering what the minimum hardware requirements will be?


thanks
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Old 1st Aug 2009, 05:50
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Going to be pretty similar to Vista I reckon.
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Old 1st Aug 2009, 05:54
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i heard it was built to run on the newest of new hardware... some technology mag.

fingers crossed that it isn't as slow, laggy and incompatible as vista :)
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Old 1st Aug 2009, 09:58
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It will run on a PIII if you want, its a very well optimised OS

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If you want to run Windows 7 on your PC, here's what it takes:

  • 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
  • 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
  • 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
  • DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
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Old 1st Aug 2009, 19:09
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wow!
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Old 2nd Aug 2009, 18:41
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As with any Windows before it, I would take the minimum and double it. Unless you're not planning on using it for anything.
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Old 3rd Aug 2009, 00:50
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right... im going to get a laptop with windows 7 on it when it first comes out - any suggestions for what it should have in it? (hardware wise)
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Old 3rd Aug 2009, 16:08
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7 runs just as well on netbooks as anything else. Don't worry about the OS just get what fits your needs.
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Old 4th Aug 2009, 08:00
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If I were gonna get a new laptop I'd get a 64 bit setup w' a minimum of 4 GB RAM and 2.66 GHz or higher CPU. That way you'll be set for a while. Also, I'd make sure it had a video card w' dedicated memory, minimum 512 MB.
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Old 4th Aug 2009, 12:12
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If I was going to get a laptop I would get one that had a battery life of more than two minutes and didn't run at 90C because I tried to shove desktop performance in it
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