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Windows 7: Minimum hardware reality check

Windows 7 has suspiciously low minimum hardware requirements - a 1GHz processor and 1GB of RAM. Would such a lowly PC would be usable? To find out if Microsoft is quoting a realistic minimum for a Windows 7 machine, Dvice installed the latest beta onto a nine-year-old 1GHz PC with 512MB of RAM. Let's see what happens.

Bladestar6313d ago

and that's how good Windows 7 is...

xlx-russ_926313d ago

its just like "Vista Compatible" sticker.

Kushan6313d ago

You didn't actually read the article, did you? It runs surprisingly well on their machine.

Xi6312d ago

It wasn't actually microsofts fault, there was high demand from manufactures like asus and bell for their computers to be vista compatable, micrsoft said no. They then threatened to sue microsoft which lead them to develop a very poor oem version of windows where almost all the bugs and problems stem from.

Kushan6313d ago

"So what did it feel like to run Windows 7 on a machine that was even lowlier then the bare minimum? Surprisingly, the battered box browsed web pages in Firefox and Internet Explorer admirably. Even though our RAM was a half-gig below Microsoft's minimum requirement, it could still run a browser without using up all its RAM."

And this was with HALF of the "minimum" RAM required to run the OS, according to Microsoft at least.

reaferfore206313d ago

Yeah I'm guessing the minimum specs are for kinda slow performance...

CrayzeeCarl6313d ago

Exactly what I was thinking. Running ANYTHING on 1/2 the recommended RAM is going to be practically unusable. Swap thrashing, anyone?

Proxy6312d ago (Edited 6312d ago )

The only thing worse than a swap thrashing is an automated Windows update.

"Man, this game has been slow for the last few minutes.... WTF? Why is my computer shutting down!?!"

jay26313d ago

Good to read that, but Who in their right minds would do this with a retail copy.

CrazyOrange6313d ago

im using it on good laptop the only problem i got is lack of of main memory
only 512

Elven66313d ago

Readyboost should give you a boost (excuse the pun)

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Microsoft Gaming Revenue Drops 7% Year-on-Year, Content and Services Down 5%, Xbox Hardware Down 33%

Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.

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Jin_Sakai41d ago (Edited 41d ago )

Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

dveio41d ago

To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.

Jingsing41d ago

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Tanktopmaster9241d ago

Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

S2Killinit41d ago

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

Jingsing41d ago

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Tanktopmaster9241d ago

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse

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Report: Injustice 3 in Development at NetherRealm Studios

Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.

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Spiders Studio, Developers of GreedFall: The Dying World, Announce Liquidation of the Company

Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.

What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.

We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.

If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."