Windows 95 Through Windows 7 System Requirements
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For: Windows 95 | Windows 98 | Windows ME | Windows 2000 Professional | Windows XP | Windows Vista | Windows 7
Published: 04Mar10 | Last Updated: 15Mar10 | Status: To Be Continued
Software (i.e., operating system and application) system requirements define the minimum (and sometimes recommended) hardware required to install and run the software. Software system requirements include central processing unit (CPU), system memory (RAM), and available (free) hard disk space. This page lists the system requirements for Windows 95 through Windows 7.
Note: For Windows 98 through Windows 7 defaults see Windows 98 Through Windows 7 Defaults (stevestechresource.com).
2. Windows 95 Through Windows 7 System Requirements
| Windows (a.k.a.) |
General Availability Date |
CPU (recommended) |
RAM (recommended) |
Hard Disk Space |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95 | 15Aug95 | 386DX (486) | 4MB (8MB) | 27-84MB free |
| 98 | 30Jun98 | 486DX 66MHz | 16MB (24MB) | 120-355MB free |
| ME | 31Dec00 | 150MHz | 32MB | 320MB free |
| 2000 Pro (NT 5.0) |
31Mar00 | 133MHz | 32MB (64MB) | 2GB with 650MB free |
| XP (NT 5.1) |
31Dec01 | 233MHz (300MHz) | 64MB (128MB) | 1.5GB free |
| Vista (NT 6.0) |
25Jan07 | 800MHz 32-bit 800MHz 64-bit |
512MB | 20GB with 15GB free |
| 7 (NT 6.1) |
22Oct09 | 1GHz 32-bit 1GHz 64-bit |
1GB 32-bit 2GB 64-bit |
16GB free 32-bit 20GB free 64-bit |
- Windows 95 Installation Requirements (138349) (support.microsoft.com)
- Minimum Hardware Requirements For A Windows 98 Installation (182751) (support.microsoft.com)
- System Requirements For Microsoft Windows 2000 Operating Systems (304297) (support.microsoft.com)
- Minimum Hardware Requirements To Install Windows Millennium (253695) (support.microsoft.com)
- System Requirements For Windows XP Operating Systems (314865) (support.microsoft.com)
- System Requirements For Windows Vista (919183) (support.microsoft.com)
- Windows 7: System Requirements (microsoft.com)