Microsoft has announced that Windows 7 will be commercially available on October 22nd, 2009. you can either buy a computer with the loaded operating system or buy a boxed version of the software to install on your existing computers.
Microsoft is hopping that holiday shopping season will get more shoppers for Windows 7, and an October launch may be the right time. But if you're having a very old computer, then it looks like you're going to have to stick with Windows Vista, XP, OS X, or Linux.
IF you wanna run Windows 7 on your Computer probably first you would like to take a compatibility test. However to run windows 7 you need
- 1GHz 32-bit or 64-bit processor
- 16GB of disk space (or 20GB for 64-bit users)
- DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
But to testify Microsoft has released a beta version of the
Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor. This is a utility that you can run on your Windows XP or Vista machine to determine whether your system is ready for Windows 7
it checks your computer's memory, processor, storage, and graphics hardware. You'll want to make sure any USB devices you regularly use such as a mouse, printer, external hard drive, or scanner are plugged in when you run the utility.
If your PC passes the test, the Advisor will tell you. If not, it will provide steps that you can take so you can able to run Windows 7 smoothly. It will also check software comparability and if any software is not compatible then Advisor will suggest steps.
If you want to use Windows XP Mode which lets you run Windows XP programs, you'll need at least 2GB of RAM and 15GB of additional storage space as well as a CPU that supports hardware virtualization.
