Windows 7 system requirements! (get the popcorn, this is hilarious - but not in favor of MS...

[Deja Q]

or their quality programming team...)

http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=2643

When Microsoft released the Beta of Windows 7 in January, it released a set of recommended system requirements for the Beta (which its officials noted were subject to change). On April 30, concurrent with the beginning of the delivery of the Release Candidate, Microsoft released the final system requirements for Windows 7.

Here are the minimum Windows 7 requirements Microsoft offered in January when it released the Beta:

* 1GHz processor (32- or 64-bit)
* 1GB of RAM
* 16 GB of available disk space
* Support for DirectX 9 graphics with 128MB of memory (for the Aero interface)

Here are the minimum Windows 7 system requirements Microsoft released on April 30 when it made available the Release Candidate to MSDN and TechNet testers:

* 1 GHz processor (32- or 64-bit)
* 1 GB of RAM (32-bit); 2 GB of RAM (64-bit)
* 16 GB of available disk space (32-bit); 20 GB of avaiable disk space (64-bit)
* DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver

Note: If you are planning to run Windows XP Mode along with Windows 7, Microsoft is recommending a PC with a minimum of 2GB of memory and 15 GB of additional disk space. “In addition, Windows Virtual PC requires a PC with Intel-VT or AMD-V enabled in the CPU, as it takes advantage of the latest advancements in hardware virtualization,” according to company officials.

Dang. 2GB RAM for 64-bit version (MINIMUM)... add another 2GB if you're going to use "XP Mode" (aka the b.s. emulation)...

Slop-artists. Pig flu indeed... Is it possible for computers to get the swine flu? Windows has been coughing it up for the better part of a decade and now we're all getting sick of it. :P :D

In the past, Microsoft's minimum requirements should always be multiplied by a factor of 4.

You know: NT4 minimum = 32MB so 128MB was ideal... Win2k minimum = 64MB therefore 256MB is the realistic minimum... XP was 128MB minimum therefore 512MB is its sweet spot... Vista was 512MB so 2GB is its sweet spot... if this law still applies, 64-bit users of Win7 will want 8GB of RAM for Vista on its own. 4GB for 32-bit users of Win7, which means there's sod all left for pointless crap like... BUSINESS APPLICATIONS?

The sad part is, how much of this is my being over the top and how much of this is stone cold reality remains to be seen. But why keep buying into a new OS and need new beefier hardware just to make it crawl as a result... !&@^&#%$ that. Not to mention any bugs and how long those get fixed...



Why oh why did DU get rid of the :flippy: emoticon? I want it back!!! :cry: