Table of Windows-hardware-requirements

In Forum: Tutorials and Guides
By User: Yuyu

I hope this is the correct sub-forum for this. There ia actually no sticky in this subforum, that would explain what to put here and what not.

I've found this interesting table on the internet, and I think it is really relevant for BA and its users. It shows the hardware-requirements for the Windows-versions up to Windows 7.
I think it is especially important, since there seems to be very little hardware-information in the BA-wiki.

This table only contains the requirements of official Windows-versions. If you know any Windows-betas with different requirements, or Windows-versions that are missing here, feel free to post these infos, to make the list more complete. Also service-packs are not yet taken into account. So feel free to contribute your knowledge!




Windows 1.0

8086/8088 processor
256K of RAM (512k recommended)
CGA/EGA/Hercules graphics card (VGA didn't exist at the time)
Two double-sided floppy drives or a hard drive
MS-DOS 2.0 (purchased separately)



 
Windows 2.0

8086/8088 processor
512K of RAM
CGA/EGA/VGA/Hercules graphics card (VGA is officially supported)
Two double-sided floppy drives or a hard drive
MS-DOS 3.0 (purchased separately)



 
Windows 2.1

8086/8088 processor (the "Windows/386" version required a 386)
512K of RAM
CGA/EGA/VGA/Hercules graphics card
One floppy drives AND a Hard drive (Hard drive is required)
MS-DOS 3.0 (purchased seperately)



 
Windows 3.0

8086/8088 processor (a 286 for standard mode and a 386 for enhanced mode)
640K of RAM (and 256K of Extended Memory for standard and enhanced mode)
CGA/EGA/VGA/Hercules graphics card
5.25-inch or 3.5-inch floppy drive
Hard drive with 6 MB of free space
MS-DOS 3.1 (purchased seperately)



 
Windows 3.1 / Windows 3.11

286 processor (a 386 is required for Windows for Workgroups 3.11)
1 MB of RAM (2 MB recommended)
EGA/VGA/Hercules graphics card (CGA no longer supported)
5.25-inch or 3.5-inch floppy drive (CD version still needs boot floppy)
Hard drive with 10 MB of free space
MS-DOS 3.1 (purchased seperately)




Windows NT 3.1 / Windows NT 3.5 / Windows NT 3.51

386 processor @ 25 MHz
12 MB of RAM (16 MB for server editions)
VGA graphics card
CD-ROM drive or floppy drive
90 MB of free space



 
Windows 95

386DX processor (486 recommended)
4 MB of RAM (8 MB recommended)
VGA graphics card
CD-ROM or floppy drive
50 MB free space



 
Windows NT 4

486 processor @ 25 MHz
12 MB of RAM (16 MB for server editions)
VGA graphics card
CD-ROM drive or floppy drive
110 MB free space



 
Windows 98

486DX2 @ 66 MHz (Pentium recommended)
16 MB of RAM (24 MB recommended)
VGA graphics card
CD-ROM drive
200 MB free space




Windows 2000

Pentium @ 133 MHz (Pentium II @ 300 MHz recommended)
32 MB of RAM (128 MB for servers edition)
VGA graphics card
CD-ROM drive
650 MB free space



 
Windows ME

Pentium @ 150 MHz (Pentium II @ 300 MHz recommended)
32 MB of RAM (64 MB recommended)
VGA graphics card
CD-ROM drive
320 MB free space



 
Windows XP

Pentium @ 233 MHz (Pentium II @ 300 MHz recommended)
64 MB of RAM (128 MB recommended)
SVGA graphics card
CD-ROM drive
1.5 GB free space



 
Windows Vista

Pentium III @ 800 MHz (Pentium III @ 1 GHz recommended)
512 MB of RAM (1 GB of RAM recommended)
DirectX 9 graphics card with WDDM driver required for Aero Glass
CD-ROM drive (DVD drive required for retail versions)
15 GB free space




Windows 7

Pentium III @ 1 GHz
1 GB of RAM (2 GB for 64-bit edition)
DirectX 9 graphics card with WDDM driver required for Aero Glass
DVD drive or USB bootable stick
16 GB free space (20 GB 64-bit)