System Requirements for Windows 7

If you want to know the Windows 7 system requirements to check whether your Windows PC is able to support Windows 7 operating system or not then this guide is just dedicated to you.

After the announcement of “Windows XP support has ended“, most of the Windows XP users are upgrading their system to Windows 7 or other newer version of Windows.

If you are also one of them who want to run Windows 7 on their PC then obviously you will wish to know the System Requirements for Windows 7 operating system, because if your system doesn’t meet with the minimum system requirements for Windows 7 then computer won’t work properly.

system requirements for windows 7

So let’s see the Windows 7 recommended system requirements and other compatibility:

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Windows 7 System Requirements

Although, Windows 7 operating system requirements is not too high that it can’t be installed on a Windows PC which have normal hardware requirements. To install Windows 7 operating system on your computer and enjoy its exclusive features, your PC should have following requirements.

The Minimum System Requirements for Windows 7 Operating System are:

  • 1 GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
  • 1 GB RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
  • 16 GB available disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit) — just for the OS, not applications or data files
  • DirectX 9 graphics processor with Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) 1.0 or higher
  • Internet access

Basically, the Microsoft has introduced Windows 7 operating system to make older programs compatible with this latest version of Windows. Windows 7 comes with several new and improved features that increases your computer’s performance effectively.

If you upgrade to Windows 7, you will be able to enjoy Windows 7 features like HomeGroup, Jump Lists, Snap, Windows Essentials, Windows Search, Windows Taskbar, Full 64-bit support, More personal, Performance improvements, Play To, Remote Media Streaming, and Windows Touch etc.

See also: How to Automatically Shutdown Windows 7 PC at Night

Most interesting thing, the Microsoft has released an Upgrade Advisor tool called “Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor” that helps users to check whether a system is prepared for a Windows 7 installation or not. Stay connected with us to get a detailed guide on Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor.

If you are Looking for more interesting Windows help guides or computer tricks related to Windows 7 then check out our Windows 7 tutorials. Feel free to share your view with us through comments if you found System requirements for Windows 7 guide useful for you.

2 thoughts on “System Requirements for Windows 7”

  1. Thanks for your information, Your article is very nice and informative, I will be back again to read this blog. Thanks !!
    regard
    putri

  2. As i am going to buy a new system and want to install Windows 7 on it…but i was really unaware to this configuration, thanks for sharing this post and making me more firm.

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