Windows Vista and xp "minimum" specs
Windows Vista "minimum" specs
If you purchased a PC in the last two years, chances are good that you can run Windows Vista today. To install and run the core functionality of Windows Vista, you need:
• An 800 MHz processor.
• 512 MB of RAM.
• A 20 GB hard drive with 15 GB of free space.
Advanced features, like the new user experience Windows Aero, require advanced or additional hardware.
Typically, Microsoft is lowballing these numbers. Want to run Vista comfortably? Double what you see above: a 1.6-GHz processor, a gigabyte of RAM, a 40-GB hard drive.
You'll also want what's known as a "discrete" graphics adapter that doesn't use system memory, but rather has its own RAM. Ideally, it should be made by either ATI or nVidia, and I'd recommend at least 64 megabytes of video memory. Vista will work without this, but you won't get the Aero experience mentioned above.
Windows xp minimum specs
"Windows XP can be installed on surprisingly low system requirements contrary to popular opinion. With the average life cycle of a regular PC being roughly 4-6 years, just about any PC being used today can run Windows XP. The following requirements are Microsoft's "official" minimum system requirements which I have tested to work fine with the exception of only 64 MB of RAM (performance is poor). Increasing your RAM to 128 MB would be the only upgrade I would strongly consider as my absolute minimum Windows XP system requirements."
233 MHz CPU (300 MHz Recommended) *128 MB Recommended (64 MB of RAM minimum supported, limits performance and some features) *1.5 GB of available hard disk space *Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution video adapter and monitorCD-ROM or DVD driveKeyboard and Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device
Above specs are from various resources on the net
If you purchased a PC in the last two years, chances are good that you can run Windows Vista today. To install and run the core functionality of Windows Vista, you need:
• An 800 MHz processor.
• 512 MB of RAM.
• A 20 GB hard drive with 15 GB of free space.
Advanced features, like the new user experience Windows Aero, require advanced or additional hardware.
Typically, Microsoft is lowballing these numbers. Want to run Vista comfortably? Double what you see above: a 1.6-GHz processor, a gigabyte of RAM, a 40-GB hard drive.
You'll also want what's known as a "discrete" graphics adapter that doesn't use system memory, but rather has its own RAM. Ideally, it should be made by either ATI or nVidia, and I'd recommend at least 64 megabytes of video memory. Vista will work without this, but you won't get the Aero experience mentioned above.
Windows xp minimum specs
"Windows XP can be installed on surprisingly low system requirements contrary to popular opinion. With the average life cycle of a regular PC being roughly 4-6 years, just about any PC being used today can run Windows XP. The following requirements are Microsoft's "official" minimum system requirements which I have tested to work fine with the exception of only 64 MB of RAM (performance is poor). Increasing your RAM to 128 MB would be the only upgrade I would strongly consider as my absolute minimum Windows XP system requirements."
233 MHz CPU (300 MHz Recommended) *128 MB Recommended (64 MB of RAM minimum supported, limits performance and some features) *1.5 GB of available hard disk space *Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution video adapter and monitorCD-ROM or DVD driveKeyboard and Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device
Above specs are from various resources on the net
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