Windows 7 Spec - How low can you go? :P

iCe-BLaZeD · 20 Apr 2009 at 01:19

Hey guys.. loving my windows 7 installation (64bit 7077 build) on my main pc atm... im just wondering how does win 7 perform on lesser systems such as the small notebooks with only 1GB of ram etc..

let us know you're experience with it !

cheers

fail at the internets · 20 Apr 2009 at 08:01

I've run vista on 256mb of ram before so windows 7 will run nicely on 1gb of ram.

iCe-BLaZeD · 20 Apr 2009 at 08:06

256mb ram vista?! that must have been horrible lol..

by this topic i mean how low can u go spec/ram wise while still maintaining a decent experience. not just how low in general

Dappy · 20 Apr 2009 at 08:11

Windows 7 runs with 128mb in a virtual machine.

dt22 · 20 Apr 2009 at 08:29

I'm currently running it on a Dell mini 9 (Atom CPU) 2Gb RAM in a 10Gb partition. Performs as well if not better than XP on the same hardware.

David

malef!c · 20 Apr 2009 at 08:31

Dappy said:
Windows 7 runs with 128mb in a virtual machine.

Beats mine in a 256Mb VM!

marmalade · 20 Apr 2009 at 09:40

Check out this info on running on a Samsung NC10 though 2gb was inserted - cheap enough though doubtless it would run sort of ok with 1gb.
http://www.ademiller.com/blogs/tech/2009/01/windows-7-on-the-samsung-nc10-netbook/

True_Scotsman · 20 Apr 2009 at 09:43

Win7 runs great on 1gb RAM, i had it running on a mchine with the following spec:-

AMD Athlon64 3400+
1GB DDR400
512MB 7600GT

Had it running with Vista and it was very very bad (imho) but with Win7 the difference is Night and Day, only thing i was running on it was WoW and had no problems at all.

Witor · 20 Apr 2009 at 10:08

Mobile Centrino 1.7ghz, 40gig 5400rpm drive, boggo integrated display card.

Run it under 1GB and 2GB, and observably miles better on bootup, general windows work and ie usage than Vista it had installed.

Elevon · 20 Apr 2009 at 10:30

Runs ok on AMD 1700+ CPU (1.4ghz),1GB ram, ATI 9700 card,nforce 2 board,40gb HD.

antijoke · 20 Apr 2009 at 11:11

Going to try this on my HP laptop, P4 3GHZ, 2GB RAM, ATI Radeon X600 (256MB RAM).

reflux · 20 Apr 2009 at 11:15

Yeah, I'm interested in whether 7 could be a viable replacement for XP on really old machines.

ricky1981 · 20 Apr 2009 at 13:11

In my experience, Windows 7 runs much better than Vista and about on a par with XP on older machines. When you take into account how old some of the XP installs are, you should see a decent performance increase.

Elevon · 20 Apr 2009 at 14:03

ricky1981 said:
In my experience, Windows 7 runs much better than Vista and about on a par with XP on older machines. When you take into account how old some of the XP installs are, you should see a decent performance increase.

Just a shame old hardware is used on new OS like Win7.

iCe-BLaZeD · 20 Apr 2009 at 14:58

Elevon said:
Just a shame old hardware is used on new OS like Win7.

why?

bledd · 20 Apr 2009 at 15:01

pointless exercise that can't take advantage of the main reasons to use Windows 7, superfetch & taskbar previews etc

thewanted · 20 Apr 2009 at 15:01

I'm going to try Windows 7 on my Dell Latitude D420 with a 1.2ghz single-core CPU, 1.5GB RAM and 30GB HDD tonight.

I'll report back with my findings

I think the CPU is going to a problem.

NathanE · 20 Apr 2009 at 15:25

bledd. said:
pointless exercise that can't take advantage of the main reasons to use Windows 7, superfetch & taskbar previews etc

But XP is like swiss cheese nowadays when it comes to security. If W7 turns out to be on par with XP for performance on old machines then I can imagine this being a half popular "interim upgrade" for certain users.

Rhys · 20 Apr 2009 at 15:37

For older machines I would look at Linux (Puppy,DSL)to give them new life.

marmalade · 20 Apr 2009 at 15:49

thewanted said:
I'm going to try Windows 7 on my Dell Latitude D420 with a 1.2ghz single-core CPU, 1.5GB RAM and 30GB HDD tonight.

I'll report back with my findings I think the CPU is going to a problem.

Reckon you could just about slip under the bar with that setup!