It is very important to know which version of windows our computer hardware can install. And sometime we install later versions of windows and our computer runs slow. So here I am giving min. system requirements for all versions of windows.
1.Windows 8
Windows 8 Hardware Requirements
Processor: 1 GHz or faster processor
Memory(RAM): 1 GB RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
Hard Disk: 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
2.Windows 7
Windows 7 Hardware Requirements
Processor: 1 GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
Memory(RAM): 1 GB of RAM (32-bit)/2 GB of RAM (64-bit)
Hard Disk: 16 GB of available disk space (32-bit)/20 GB (64-bit)
Graphics: DirectX 9 graphics device with Windows Display Driver Model 1.0 or higher driver
3.Windows Vista
Windows Vista Hardware Requirements
Memory(RAM): 1 gigabyte (GB) of system memory (512 megabytes (MB) for Home Basic)
Hard Disk: 15 GB of available space (20 GB for Home Basic)
Graphics: Support for DirectX 9 graphics with WDDM and 128 MB of graphics memory (32 MB for Home Basic)
4.Windows XP
Windows XP Hardware Requirements
Processor: 233 MHz CPU
Memory(RAM): 64 MB of RAM (may limit performance and some features)
Hard Disk: 1.5 GB of available hard disk space
Graphics: Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution video adapter and monitor
5.Windows 2000
Windows 2000 Hardware Requirements
Processor: 133 MHz or higher Pentium-compatible CPU
Memory(RAM): 256 megabytes (MB) of RAM recommended minimum [128 MB minimum supported; 4 gigabytes (GB) maximum] | |
Hard Disk: 2 GB hard disk with a minimum of 1.0 GB free space. (Additional free hard disk space is required if you are installing over a network.) Graphics: VGA or higher resolution (16-bit or 24-bit color SVGA recommended) 6.Windows 98 |
Windows 98 Hardware Requirements
Processor: 66 MHz or faster processor (Pentium central processing unit recommended)
Memory(RAM): 16 megabytes (MB) of memory (24 MB recommended)
Hard Disk: 195 mb of free space
Graphics: VGA or higher resolution (16-bit or 24-bit color SVGA recommended)
7.Windows 95
Windows 95 Hardware Requirements
Processor: 486 (or 386 w/ math coprocessor)
Memory(RAM): 8 MB (really 16 MB)
Hard Disk: min OS is 30 MB (really 500 MB)
Graphics: No special graphics requirements