HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS FOR WINDOWS CLIENTS AND SERVERS

Hardware requirements FOR Windows Clients and Servers

Installing Windows requires an internal or external optical drive. A keyboard and mouse are the recommended input devices, though some versions support a touchscreen. For operating systems prior to Vista, the drive must be capable of reading CD media, while in Windows Vista onwards, the drive must be DVD-compatible. The drive may be detached after installing Windows.

Version	CPU	RAM		Free disk space	Video adapter and monitor
		Minimum	Recommended
Windows NT 3.51 Workstation	386, 25 MHz	8 MB	16 MB	90 MB	?
Windows NT 4.0 Workstation	486, 33 MHz	12 MB	?	110 MB	?
Windows 2000 Professional	133 MHz	32 MB	128 MB	650 MB	VGA (640 × 480)
Windows XP	233 MHz	64 MB	128 MB	1.5 GB	SVGA (800 × 600) For Aero (if applicable): 128 MB VRAM
Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs				500 MB
Windows XP Professional x64	700 MHz Itanium	1 GB	?	6 GB
Windows Server 2003	1 GHz (x86) or 1.4 GHz (x64)	128 MB	256 MB	2 GB (x86) 4 GB (x64)
Windows Vista	800 MHz	384 MB (Starter) 512 MB (others)	2 GB	15 GB (~6.5 GB for OS)
Windows Server 2008	1 GHz (x86) or 1.4 GHz (x64)		2 GB	10 GB
Windows 7	1 GHz	1 GB (x86) 2 GB (x64)	2 GB	16 GB (~6.5 GB for OS)
Windows Server 2012	1.4 GHz (x86-64)	512 MB	1 GB	10 GB
Windows 8	1 GHz	1 GB (x86) 2 GB (x64)	4 GB	20 GB (~6.5 GB for OS)	1024 x 768 for Windows Store apps 1366 x 768 to snap apps
Windows 10	1 GHz or faster processor or SoC	1 GB (x86) 2 GB (x64)	4 GB	16 GB (x86) 20 GB (x64)	800 x 600
Windows Server 2016

Note – The above is just a minimum and recommended hardware requirement in other to install a required Windows. You can install any of the Windows version on a PC with higher specifications.

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Compiled and Edited by AdeDanCompTech

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