Windows XP Home Edition: Minimum

Windows XP Home Edition
Minimum:
233 MHz CPU *
64 MB of RAM (may limit performance and some features) *
1.5 GB of available hard disk space *
Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution video adapter and monitor
CD-ROM or DVD drive
Keyboard and Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device
Maximum:
1 Physical CPU (Multi-Core + Hyper-threading supported)
4 GB of RAM
4 GB of Virtual Memory
4 GB FAT16 Partition
32 GB FAT32 Partition (Formatted during Setup)
2 TB FAT32 Partition
2 TB NTFS Partition (Basic Volume)
2 GB FAT16 File Size

2 TB NTFS File Size (Basic Volume)
* > 137 GB Hard Disks require SP1 or higher (48-bit LBA-compatible BIOS Required)
Recommended:
300 MHz CPU *
128 MB of RAM *
Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution video adapter with at least 8 MB of video RAM and monitor
CD-ROM or DVD drive
Network adapter
Sound card and speakers
Windows XP Professional Edition

Minimum:
233 MHz CPU *
CD-ROM or DVD drive
Maximum:
2 Physical CPUs (Multi-Core + Hyper-threading supported)
4 GB of RAM
16 TB minus 64 KB NTFS Partition (Dynamic Volume - 4 KB Cluster Size)

16 TB minus 64 KB NTFS File Size (Dynamic Volume - 4 KB Cluster Size)
* > 137 GB Hard Disks require SP1 or higher (48-bit LBA-compatible BIOS Required)
Recommended:
300 MHz CPU *
128 MB of RAM *
CD-ROM or DVD drive
Network adapter
* Actual requirements will vary based on your system configuration and the applications and features you choose to
install. Additional available hard disk space may be required if you are installing over a network.
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

The "x64 Edition" is not to be confused with the "64-bit Edition", as the latter was designed for IA-64 (Intel Itanium)
processors. They both are commonly referred to as "64-bit Windows" by Microsoft due to their similarities from the
developers' point of view.
Warning - Windows XP Professional x64 Edition cannot be successfully installed on x86 (32-bit) systems or 64-bit
Intel Itanium-based systems. 32-bit device drivers are not supported on Windows XP Professional x64 Edition.
Minimum:
AMD Athlon 64, AMD Opteron, Intel Xeon with Intel EM64T support, Intel Pentium 4 with Intel EM64T support CPUs *
256 MB of RAM *
CD-ROM or DVD drive
64-bit Device Drivers
Maximum:
128 GB of RAM
16 TB of Virtual Memory
18 EB NTFS Partition (GPT Volume)

Recommended:
AMD Athlon 64, AMD Opteron, Intel Xeon with Intel EM64T support, Intel Pentium 4 with Intel EM64T support CPU *
256 MB of RAM or higher *
CD-ROM or DVD drive
Network adapter
64-bit Device Drivers
install. Additional available hard disk space may be required if you are installing over a network.
Windows XP (MCE) Media Center Edition 2005

Minimum:
1.6 GHz CPU *
256 MB of RAM *
30 GB of available hard disk space (Mobile Systems) *
60 GB of available hard disk space (Non-Mobile Systems) *
64 MB DDR 4x AGP DirectX 9 graphics card *
1024 x 768 Resolution (4:3 aspect ratio)
1280 x 720 Resolution (Widescreen aspect ratio)
DVD drive (Must read DVDs at 4x and CDs at 16x speed)
Internet Connection:
(Either a Hardware 56 Kbps Modem, Integrated Broadband modem, 100BaseT or Wireless 802.11b Network Adapter)
Maximum:
4 GB of RAM

4 TV tuners, 2 NTSC Standard tuners and 2 ATSC HD TV Tuners (Supported inMCE Rollup 2)

Recommended Options:
TV tuner card (Hardware MPEG-2 Decoder)
MCE Compatible Remote Control
* Actual requirements may vary based on system configuration and the applications and features you choose to install.
Some functionality such as Media Center Extender support, use of multiple tuners, or HDTV playback/recording carries
higher system requirements.
Windows XP Starter Edition

Minimum:
233 MHz CPU *
CD-ROM or DVD drive
Maximum:
1 Physical CPU (Hyper-threading supported)
512 MB of RAM
120 GB of hard disk space
1024x768 Resolution
3 Programs running at one time

3 Windows per program running at one time
Recommended:
300 MHz CPU *
128 MB of RAM *
CD-ROM or DVD drive
Network adapter
install.
Windows Vista has modest minimum system requirements that everyone with a
system from within the last 5 years should have no problem meeting. Simply adding more system memory (RAM) is the
most anyone with a less than 5 year old system should have to do to meet them. The most noticeable change with Windows
Vista will be the new Aero interface and for that you will need an Aero-capable DirectX 9-class graphics card. This is what the
majority of older systems will need upgrades for. Since this is one of the main reasons to get Windows Vista just about
everyone should avoid the Vista Home Basic and Vista Standard Editions since neither supports the new Aero interface. The
various editions of Windows Vista can make a purchasing decision rather confusing. Advanced users can look at The Windows
Vista Secret Decoder Ring andUnderstanding the Vista Product Editions to get an overview of the main features in each
edition. Most users will fall into one of the following categories:
Basic Home User (Internet + Email) - Vista Home Basic

General Home User - Vista Home Premium
Gamer - Vista Home Premium or Vista Ultimate
Small Business User - Vista Business or Vista Ultimate
Corporate IT - Vista Enterprise
If you cannot make up your mind and have the money Windows Vista Ultimateincludes every feature from all the editions.
Notes - Physical CPUs are per socket. Every edition of Windows Vista supports Multi-Core, Hyper-threading and 64-bit
(x64) CPUs. All retail versions exceptVista Ultimate will only be 32-bit (x86) out of the box. To obtain the 64-bit (x64)
version, you will have to contact Microsoft or purchase the 64-bit (x64) OEM version. The retail version of Vista
Ultimate includes both 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) versions. All OEM versions of Windows Vista have licensing
restrictions that prevent it from being transferred to another computer once activated. This will be enforce with the Windows
Software Protection Platform.
Windows Vista Home Basic Edition

Minimum:
800 MHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) CPU
512 MB of system memory - RAM (Only 64 MB can be used for Integrated UMAGraphics Memory)
20 GB hard disk with 15 GB of free hard disk space
Super VGA (800 x 600) graphics card *
Internal or external CD-ROM drive
Maximum:
4 GB of system memory - RAM with 32-bit (x86) CPU
5 Simultaneous Peer Network Connections
Recommended:
32 MB DirectX 9-class graphics card *
Internal or external DVD-ROM drive
Internet access capability
Audio output capability
* Aero is not supported
Notes - Actual hardware requirements will vary, depending on system configuration and on the programs and the features
that you install. If you install Windows Vista over a network, additional hard disk space may be required.
Windows Vista Home Premium Edition

Minimum:
Super VGA (800 x 600) graphics card
Maximum:
5 Media Center Extender Sessions
Recommended:
1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) CPU
1 GB of system memory - RAM (Only 256 MB can be used for Integrated UMAGraphics Memory)
128 MB Windows Aero-capable DirectX 9-class graphics card
Windows Vista Business Edition

Minimum:
Maximum:
Recommended:
Windows Vista Ultimate Edition

Minimum:
Maximum:
5 Media Center Extender Sessions
Recommended:
Windows Vista Enterprise Edition

Minimum:
Maximum:
Recommended:
Windows Vista Starter Edition

Windows Vista Starter Edition is not currently scheduled to be available in the United States, Canada, the European Union,
Australia, New Zealand, or other high income markets as defined by the World Bank. The Official system requirements for
Windows Vista Starter Edition have not yet been released. The following are based on some unofficial sources:
Minimum:
32-bit (x86) CPU
384 MB of system memory - RAM
Super VGA (800 x 600) graphics card *
* Aero is not supported
Maximum:
1 Physical CPU
Windows 7 System Requirements Finalized
7:30 PM - May 1, 2009 by Marcus Yam - source: Tom's Hardware US
Your computer should run this.

Zoom
System requirements for Windows 7 aren’t any great mystery, but now we’re getting a much better idea of what it’ll say on
the retail box.
Microsoft posted relatively modest system requirements (at least for any computer belonging to a Tom’s Hardware reader)
when it released the Windows 7 public beta in January and only slightly modified them for the release of yesterday’s Release
Candidate.
The system requirements for the beta at the time called for:
 1 GHz 32-bit or 64-bit processor

 1 GB of system memory
 16 GB of available disk space
 Support for DirectX 9 graphics with 128 MB memory (to enable the Aero theme)
The system requirements published yesterday for the official Release Candidate are the following:
 1 GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor

 1 GB of RAM (32-bit)/2 GB of RAM (64-bit)
 16 GB of available disk space (32-bit)/20 GB (64-bit)
 DirectX 9 graphics device with Windows Display Driver Model 1.0 or higher driver
The only real changes to the system requirements since January are slightly bumped up ones for the 64-bit version, though
we suspect anyone who plans to run the x64 build will have a machine that’s way beyond the minimum (having at least 4 GB
of RAM would be a good starting point).
While the system requirements posted yesterday apply to the Release Candidate, Microsoft told ZDNet that they were ‘final’,
though it’s unknown if there will be different requirements between different SKUs such as Starter Edition or Ultimate Edition.
“The system requirements are final and not SKU-specific,” said a Microsoft spokesperson.
Those who plan to run XP Mode will need at least 2 GB RAM, 15 GB of additional hard drive space and a processor that
supports hardware virtualization.
According to early tests, Windows 7 performs better than Windows Vista on the same hardware.
"It's been a long time since we've had a version of Windows that will actually run better [than the previous version] on the
hardware that most customers have," Mike Nash, corporate vice president of Microsoft's Windows product management
group, said during a conference call with reporters, quoted byComputerWorld.
Windows 7 does carry with it slightly heftier system requirements than Vista does, despite it being a better performer. From
one generation to the next – and three years later – Windows 7’s system demands does seem positively modest.
For reference, Windows Vista’s system requirements are:
 1 GHz processor (32- or 64-bit)

 512 MB of RAM (for Home Basic); 1 GB of RAM for all other versions
 15 GB of available disk space
 Support for DirectX 9 graphics and 32 MB of graphics memory (for Home Basic); 128 MB of graphics memory plus
WDDM support for all other versions

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Windows XP Home Edition

2 GB FAT16 File Size

* > 137 GB Hard Disks require SP1 or higher (48-bit LBA-compatible BIOS Required)

Windows XP Professional Edition

2 GB FAT16 File Size

* > 137 GB Hard Disks require SP1 or higher (48-bit LBA-compatible BIOS Required)

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

2 GB FAT16 File Size

Windows XP (MCE) Media Center Edition 2005

2 GB FAT16 File Size

4 TV tuners, 2 NTSC Standard tuners and 2 ATSC HD TV Tuners (Supported inMCE Rollup 2)

Windows XP Starter Edition

3 Programs running at one time

Basic Home User (Internet + Email) - Vista Home Basic

Windows Vista Home Basic Edition

* Aero is not supported

Windows Vista Home Premium Edition

Windows Vista Business Edition

Windows Vista Ultimate Edition

Windows Vista Enterprise Edition

Windows Vista Starter Edition

* Aero is not supported

Windows 7 System Requirements Finalized

7:30 PM - May 1, 2009 by Marcus Yam - source: Tom's Hardware US

Your computer should run this.

 1 GHz 32-bit or 64-bit processor

 1 GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor

For reference, Windows Vista’s system requirements are:

 1 GHz processor (32- or 64-bit)

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