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Jake_Barnes   01-08-2009 at 10:43:27 PM

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Good news: the next version of Microsoft's Windows OS appears to be less of a resource hog than Windows Vista.

Microsoft announced Wednesday that a beta version of Windows 7 will be available for the general public to download and try out on Friday. At the same time, it provided a list of the minimum system requirements it recommends for people who run the beta.

They call for a 1GHz processor (32- or 64-bit), 1GB of main memory, 16GB of available disk space, support for DX9 graphics with 128MB of memory (for the Aero interface), and a DVD-R/W drive.

Those are very similar to the recommended requirements for Windows Vista -- even though PC hardware will have advanced by as much as three years by the time the finished version of Windows 7 ships....


Windows 7: Less of a Resource-Hog Than Vista
James Niccolai, IDG News Service

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amdfangirl   01-09-2009 at 02:29:39 AM
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Well I hope it is... I'd love a streamlined OS.

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Shadow703793   01-17-2009 at 11:05:28 PM
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^ Meh. It's still not as stream lined as Linux

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randomizer   01-18-2009 at 05:07:06 AM
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Um, it's essentially the same OS at the core, if the requirements went up we'd have some questions to ask.

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amdfangirl   01-19-2009 at 01:26:35 AM
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Shadow703793 wrote :

^ Meh. It's still not as stream lined as Linux



I know.

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