It’s has been almost 9 year when I knew Microsoft Windows Operating system, I remembered when, the Microsoft windows 98 just need 200 Mb hard drive space, and now the newest Windows Operating system, windows 7 need at least 16 Gb , What a difference [--]a. Here the system requirement comparasion from windows 98, XP, then 7.
Windows 98
- 486DX-2/66 MHz or higher processor (Pentium processor recommended)
- 16 MB of RAM (24 MB recommended, it’s possible to run on 8 MB machines with /im option used during the installation process)
- At least 500 MB of space available on HDD. The amount of space required depends on the installation method and the components selected, but virtual memory and system utilities as well as drivers should be taken into consideration.
- New installation (FAT32): 190-305 MB (typically 210 MB).
Windows XP
- PC with 300 megahertz or higher processor clock speed recommended; 233 MHz minimum required (single or dual processor system);* Intel Pentium/Celeron family, or AMD K6/Athlon/Duron family, or compatible processor recommended
- 128 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher recommended (64 MB minimum supported; may limit performance and some features)
- 1.5 gigabytes (GB) of available hard disk space
Windows 7
- 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
- 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
- 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)