In connection with the upcoming release of Windows 7 and the assurances of the manufacturer the possibility of installing the OS on netbook, many users are asking, what is actually the minimum system requirements for Windows 7. Of course, netbook excellent device, but still many houses used the old computers, the owners who wanted to know whether they will install Windows 7.

A hackerman1, tried to install Windows 7 on some very old machines. He published a configuration in which installation of Windows 7 was successful and without major problems: CPU Intel Pentium II with a frequency 266MGts, 128MB of RAM and 4Mb video card. He was able to install Windows 7 on a system with 96Mb RAM, and even on a system with 64MB of memory. Hackerman1 plans to try to install Windows 7 to get to work on Pentium I processor with a frequency 166MGts and 1Mb card.

Unfortunately, hackerman1 not reported during the installation and boot Windows 7 at 266MGts CPU Pentium II, but other forum participants have provided information about the system with a Pentium III. They say, installing the operating system on an antique computer took 17 hours, and load the OS runs more than 15 minutes.