October 2009
Intermediate to advanced
1760 pages
93h 25m
English
To plan deployment, you must understand the deployment requirements for Windows 7. The following sections describe the minimum hardware requirements and the migration paths for Windows 7. For more information about Windows 7 hardware requirements and editions, see Chapter 1.
Table 4-1 describes the minimum hardware requirements for installing Windows 7. Part of the Project Planning SMF is collecting a hardware inventory. Compare the hardware requirements in Table 4-1 to your hardware inventory to identify any computers that require upgrades or replacements.
Table 4-1. Minimum Hardware Requirements for Windows 7 Computers
HARDWARE | MINIMUM REQUIREMENT |
|---|---|
Processor | 1 GHz or faster 32-bit or 64-bit processor |