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Windows 7 should be able to run fine on 512 mb of ram. It basically went from XP's 256 mb, to Vista's 2 1/2 gb, to 7 needing 512. I think that's a great reduction since Vista. I don't know about 256 for 7, though.. I'd stick with XP for that...
Don't pay attention to Microsoft ads... Windows 7 is exactly Vista with some more bugs and a bit slower and bigger.
I'm tried it on different PCs (notebooks and desktop) and it's exactly as Vista.
The Aero theme takes about 600 MB. If you don't use it, you can go with 1 GB of ram without problems. But if you start applications other the Notepad, you will need more ram, exactly like Vista.

There is a big difference between Windows 7 simply running and a Windows 7 useful. I installed it on an old 3GHz P4 notebook with 1GB of ram without problems, but when I tried to run on it Microsoft Office, it was unusable.
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it installed with no issued on 384 mb RAM. Biggest issue I have is the 1mb of onboard shared video RAM.
While not fast, it does work and I will probably be setting this up as a media file server
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it installed with no issued on 384 mb RAM. Biggest issue I have is the 1mb of onboard shared video RAM.
While not fast, it does work and I will probably be setting this up as a media file server
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Why doesn't your friend just buy some more RAM on ebay for like $1?
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Don't pay attention to Microsoft ads... Windows 7 is exactly Vista with some more bugs and a bit slower and bigger.
I'm tried it on different PCs (notebooks and desktop) and it's exactly as Vista.
The Aero theme takes about 600 MB. If you don't use it, you can go with 1 GB of ram without problems. But if you start applications other the Notepad, you will need more ram, exactly like Vista.

There is a big difference between Windows 7 simply running and a Windows 7 useful. I installed it on an old 3GHz P4 notebook with 1GB of ram without problems, but when I tried to run on it Microsoft Office, it was unusable.
Yeah, said perfectly. Sure, you probably could install it on a 256MB machine. You just wouldn't be able to use it.
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You can, but you might not be able to run a program. I believe windows 7 need 240MB just to run.
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Don't pay attention to Microsoft ads... Windows 7 is exactly Vista with some more bugs and a bit slower and bigger.
I'm tried it on different PCs (notebooks and desktop) and it's exactly as Vista.
The Aero theme takes about 600 MB. If you don't use it, you can go with 1 GB of ram without problems. But if you start applications other the Notepad, you will need more ram, exactly like Vista.

There is a big difference between Windows 7 simply running and a Windows 7 useful. I installed it on an old 3GHz P4 notebook with 1GB of ram without problems, but when I tried to run on it Microsoft Office, it was unusable.

You have proof of those claims son ?
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Actually, yes, you can run it on 256MB of ram although it will be um..... slow.

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256 megs of RAM? Windows 7?

HAHAHAHAHAHA um no

Ok, seriously? I guess one trick would be to borrow more RAM, do the install, strip Win7 down like crazy, and then remove the RAM.

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Windows 7 will run with 256RAM but it will be a pain. I started running Vista with 512mb trust me it was hell but it run. You wont be able to play fancy games but you can play music and surf the net
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