Microsoft s official line is that if it will run Vista it will run Win7. current min requirements are 512mb RAM 16GB HDD 128mb graphics chip Though you couldn t expect Vista to run reasonable on 2GB of RAM. But then again some folks have got it running on Netops or 512mb RAM systems. Downlaod it, either the public beta or off Piratebay (not sure if that s illegal, its hte same version either way and same cut-off date), burn it to disc ( I d use CDburnerXP, though Nero will do if you have it),, make a partition and install it and see. if it doesn t work you ve lost nothing but a few pence on a DVD and some of your time. If it s an old spare laptop it may be worht jsut fully installing it, if it works then you have a now upto date laptop to give a test off Win7 on. Just be aware currently the quot;Upgradequot; option ( which all advise is not to use anyway as it replaces your current version of Windows) is only available form Vista SP1. Also some/many of the driver s that your laptop uses will be for XP, which uses a different driver manager than Vista and win7, so some things will not work properly in Win7. Vista and Win7 sue the same drivers. Also it will stop working ( both MS beta and Pirate bay beta) on 31st Aug.
It depends on the laptop. These are the system requirements that are listed on the Windows 7 Beta page: - 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 I have an old laptop as well and only thing that means that I can t run 7 on my machine is that I don t have enough system memory. I m thinking that if I can upgrade my system memory and those system requirements haven t changed very much by the time of the official release then I will get Windows 7 and install it on my current laptop. Rather than buy a whole new computer (which is what I d prefer to do if I had the money).
Actually, all posters that said no are wrong. Windows 7, unlike windows vista, was designed to run on very little system resources. This means that old hardware will be able to run windows 7, and definitely hardware that supports xp. Microsoft was motivated to make windows 7 run on little system resources because of the emerging netbook category. These small laptops, have weak processors and hardly any ram. Because windows vista cannot run on these machines, microsoft needed a new os besides xp that would run on these machines so that linux would not take over the netbook category. Here is a link to a youtube video showing windows 7 running on a netbook http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63F7cAKuz... I have held off on vista for now, and I have high hopes for windows 7 after reading much about it.
Don t listen to them, i ve heard accounts for probably 20 people that say they put it on their old laptops and it runs better than XP and vista combined.
Probably not, W7 will need newer hardware just to operate.
Simple answer: No. Long answer: Hell no.
No.
Of course not.
ya it ll work n i no this coz i m using it on my old laptop
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