Windows 7 image requirements
Updated: 21 May 2010 | 4 comments
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Hi,
If we have a Windows 7 build, can anyone let me know what would be the initial requirements to set it and use on a VMware. Will it be able to run on VMware 6.0
What would be the RAM requirements etc.
Please share your knowledge.
Thanks
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Requirements...
I installed on the other day (the RC from the MSDN) and had the following:
Single CPU
1024 MB Memory
15 GB (virtual) disk (2 GB split files)
and the standard stuff (floppy, CD-Rom, NIC etc)
It was installed and configured (manually) in just under an hour. Playing with it was fluid enough, but I turned off all the Aero stuff anyway (was using VM Workstation 6.5.xx).
Cheers
Phil
Windows 7 requirements
Extract from Microsoft releases final Windows 7 system requirements article (ZDNET) :
Here are the minimum Windows 7 requirements Microsoft offered in January when it released the Beta:
* 1GHz processor (32- or 64-bit)
* 1GB of RAM
* 16 GB of available disk space
* Support for DirectX 9 graphics with 128MB of memory (for the Aero interface)
Here are the minimum Windows 7 system requirements Microsoft released on April 30 when it made available the Release Candidate to MSDN and TechNet testers:
* 1 GHz processor (32- or 64-bit)
* 1 GB of RAM (32-bit); 2 GB of RAM (64-bit)
* 16 GB of available disk space (32-bit); 20 GB of avaiable disk space (64-bit)
* DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
Note: If you are planning to run Windows XP Mode along with Windows 7, Microsoft is recommending a PC with a minimum of 2GB of memory and 15 GB of additional disk space. “In addition, Windows Virtual PC requires a PC with Intel-VT or AMD-V enabled in the CPU, as it takes advantage of the latest advancements in hardware virtualization,” according to company officials.
Warum
Do you need to run an XP installation "paralell" to the Windows 7? This just doubles the required maintenence costs, as you are required to manage and maintain two OS's on one physical machine....
Even though it is a virtual PC (the XP instance), it still needs to be patched etc. and as we all know, XP is EOL (according to MS).
Cheers
Phil
Win 7 on VMWare 6.5
I've installed using default configuration of the RC build, using only 512Mb ram, as I've only got 1.5Gb ram total in my ageing laptop. Still runs OK though.
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