Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 28th Oct 2008 19:02 UTC
Windows 7 is out and about. Microsoft has been unusually secretive about Vista's successor, but now that PDC is under way, they have unveiled the various enhancements to the user interface. Windows 7 might not have any significant under-the-hood changes (in fact, all your applications and devices will still work), but on the outside, Windows 7 represents the biggest change for the Windows user interface ever since Windows 95 came out.
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RE[2]: Wonder what the hardware requirements will be.
by kragil on Tue 28th Oct 2008 22:34
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RE[3]: Wonder what the hardware requirements will be.
by CodeAnxiety on Tue 28th Oct 2008 22:39
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RE[2]: Wonder what the hardware requirements will be.
by systyrant on Wed 29th Oct 2008 02:17
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I'd say a dual quad core processor (3ghz+). Quad video card setup. 8GB of DDR4 memory. SSD will be required for the OS with a minimum of 64GB of free space. That of course is the Windows 7 ready system. The recommended system is still being designed by Intel.
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2005-06-29
They say it requires the same hardware as Vista, which is totally plausible seeing nothing in Windows 7 so far seems to use any hardware tricks that Vista doesn't already support.
In fact, Sinofsky even said Windows 7 reduces the memory footprint. So who knows.