Windows 7 Unofficial Minimum Specs Thread

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Official Minimum Specs

Update: Official Specs listed below

CPU: 1 GHz+ 32 or 64-Bit processor
RAM: 1 GB for 32-Bit, 2 GB for 64-Bit
GPU: 128 MB DirectX 9, WDDM 1.0 Compatible Video Card
HDD: 15 GB for 32-Bit, 20 GB for 64-Bit

Other:
DVD Drive
DX9 Capable sound card
1024x768 or better capable screen
Keyboard + Mouse
An internet connection for updates and activation.
 
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You have two issues.
#1 your graphics card is actually integrated, and is horrible with rendering Aero.
#2 you only have 512 MB of RAM, which, while it will run Windows 7, is getting eaten up by the OS. You NEED more RAM.
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Running fast and smooth in "old" laptop Asus w3v (Pentium M 1.86, 2 GbRAM, ATI Mobility Radeon X600, 80Gb HD)
 
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Ryou said:
I don't know if this goes here...but I'm pretty short of time...so here I Come ^^

I have this Hardware
Pro: Intel Pentium Dual Core E2200 @ 2.20GHz
RAM: 512 MB <<<<<<<<<<<<<
Graphics: Intel GMA 950 256 MB
HD: Some 80GB IDE Hard Disk ^^u


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half a gig of ram?

I don't know, maybe drop at least 1 gig in it.
 
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More ram. You need 1g. More is better.
 
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