It s capable of either, but I wouldn t switch to Windows 7 beta - it ll be very unstable for quite a while yet. Personally, if it has XP on already, I wouldn t switch to Vista either. I don t hate Vista the way that many seem to, but running it on a machine with only 1GB or RAM isn t going to give you the best performance.
Hi Trav, My name’s Ron and I’m a member of the Windows Outreach Team. You’ve got some good info here, but I thought I’d step in and leave a few links to get you to where you need to be. You can find the system requirements for the Windows 7 Beta under “What kind of computer do I need to run Windows 7 Beta?” on this page: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows... Likewise, if you visit http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows... you can review the system requirements for the different versions of Windows Vista. Hope these helped a bit. Good luck. Cheers, Ron Windows Outreach Team
Hey Trav- These are the Microsoft minimum hardware recommendations for systems that will be running the Windows 7 Beta. These recommendations are specific to the Beta release and are subject to change. 1 GHz 32-bit or 64-bit processor 1 GB of system memory 16 GB of available disk space Support for DirectX 9 graphics with 128 MB memory (to enable the Aero theme) DVD-R/W Drive Internet access Note: Some product features of Windows 7, such as the ability to watch and record live TV or navigation through the use of quot;touch,quot; may require advanced or additional hardware. A few notes about Windows 7 Beta- The download cap is almost in place for Windows 7 Beta so if you want it you should download it within the next few days. Once August 1, 2009 comes around, the Beta will expire and you will need to reinstall your previous OS. Here is an FAQ page to check out if you are interested. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows... Cheers, Jeff Windows Outreach Team
XP would run well, Vista would struggle on 1GB it s happier on 2GB and Windows 7 ?? Who knows, but it is out in the public domain and you can download a beta version. Google it and see what the specs required are. Remember you have to move with the times, and although I liked XP a lot I realised that it will not be supported for much longer and got Vista. Don t believe all that you hear about Vista, and remember that we used to think the planet was flat...
easily, i have windows 7 running on a computer with 256mb of ram, not very good on mine, but usable. also, thats about the same speed as my laptop running vista, and windows 7 is supposed to run a lot faster, so you should be good
Windows 7 isn t out yet and won t be for a while. It can run Vista and should smoothly, but XP would run much better on it. Any computer person will tell you to run XP over Vista only b/c it doesn t use as much hardware to do so.
it can run Windows 7 Beta Build 7000 found here http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows... and it can run vista. i would go with home basic or home premium
vista requires one gig of ram minimum, the system requirements on windows site say you only need 256mb of ram but its 1gig, vista sucks up CPU like crazy.
It can run both of them.
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