Windows 7 Build 7004

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No, Microsoft are all about moving the market forword, and thats what they did with Vista.

xp was

64mb ram min and 128reconmened.

with vista they did 1GB reconemend 2..

you see, thats how they're moving the market forword, building somethign that requires alot.

(if this makes ANY sanse.)

Nope it can run fine on a 512mb laptop so Id say Microsoft will say 512MB min and 1.5GB recommended.

[blanky12!]

Nope it can run fine on a 512mb laptop so Id say Microsoft will say 512MB min and 1.5GB recommended.

from rumours, i hear they want to make it 4GB ram..

but if they do it 512mb min then it's just going back down to the old age, i'd still say their going to move us forword.

[Firehorse]

well I run on 4gb of ram and I think that is just about right. I see computers running vista on less and it just doesn't seem enough. 4GB doesn't cost much these days, infact it really should be the norm.

You may be able to run in on 512mb with a large paging file instead but you won't be able to run other programs such as photoshop very well.

[MrPinkPanther]

from rumours, i hear they want to make it 4GB ram..

but if they do it 512mb min then it's just going back down to the old age, i'd still say their going to move us forword.

WHAT!?!? They arent delibratly going to make the OS use up all of the computers resources. Ideally they would want it as compact and easy to run as possible.

You're making little sense.

[Recursion]

from rumours, i hear they want to make it 4GB ram..

but if they do it 512mb min then it's just going back down to the old age, i'd still say their going to move us forword.

Thats crap, they want it to run on low-spec netbooks

[Decode]

from rumours, i hear they want to make it 4GB ram..

but if they do it 512mb min then it's just going back down to the old age, i'd still say their going to move us forword.

I don't think you understand, I have run it on a 512 laptop and it works fine. There is absolutely no reason why they would make it 4GB ram.

[blanky12!]

I don't think you understand, I have run it on a 512 laptop and it works fine. There is absolutely no reason why they would make it 4GB ram.

No, they will make it need more as developement goes on, thats how the market moves along...

[Decode]

No, they will make it need more as developement goes on, thats how the market moves along...

Since the beta has been leaked and its feature complete (RUNS ON 512MB), what is going to use 3.5GB of ram...

[blanky12!]

i remove my posts

[Decode]

it's a beta? BETA means test phases.. It's what they did with Vista..
They released it as a test, tehn they bumped up the specs by a heck of a lot..

it ran on 256mb when the first BETA was out...

edit: Infact, it's not even a beta, it's a PRE beta.

7000 is most likely going to be the beta. You fail to understand how business works, let me explain in a simpler way so that even you know what I'm talking about.

Microsoft employee 1: So we get most of our sales off Windows?
Microsoft employee 2: YAH.
Microsoft employee 1: We need to think of ways to sell more copy's of windows, because that means we will make more money.
Microsoft employee 2: I have an idea, people are starting to buy netbooks so we should make a version of windows that runs on netbooks.
Microsoft employee 1: *** is a netbook?
Microsoft employee 2: Its like a laptop but it has less ram, crap graphics and a smaller screen.
Microsoft employee 1: But doesn't vista run on netbooks?
Microsoft employee 2: NAH.
Microsoft employee 1: So unless we want to lose out on sales we need to make an OS that will run on 1GB of ram?
Microsoft employee 2: YAH.
1 YEAR LATER
Microsoft employee 2: Okay, we have made Windows 7 and it can run on a 1GB netbook


What do you think happens next? is it..

Microsoft employee 1: I know lets make it use 3.5GB of ram for fun lol
Microsoft employee 2: k lol

or

Microsoft employee 1: Lets replace the start bar with a super bar.


To anyone else viewing the thread, Sorry to explain it in a really dumb way.