Microsoft Windows 7 Requirements for Installation

Windows XP and Windows Vista users who are planning to upgrade to Windows 7 or planning to migrate to Windows 7 are wondering Windows 7 requirements for installation and running features of Windows 7.

Here is the minimum hardware requirements that are necessary for installing and running Windows 7.

Processor (X86/X64) : 1 GHz or faster processor (32-bit or 64-bit)
Memory (RAM) (X86) : 1 GB RAM for 32-bit Windows 7 installations
Memory (RAM) (X64) : 2 GB RAM for 64-bit Windows 7 installations
Disk Space (X86) : A total of 16 GB Hard disk space is required for 32-bit Windows 7 install
Disk Space (X64) : A total of 20 GB Hard disk space is required for 64-bit Windows 7 install
Graphics : A minimum DirectX 9 compatible graphics device with WDDM 1.0 is required