Test If Your Computer Is Windows 7 Ready

Windows 7, the new operating system from Microsoft, has some high technical requirements and you should first test if your computer can handle Windows 7 before you buy or download it.

Technical requirements:

- 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 available disk space (64-bit)
- DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver

In order to test if your computer is Windows 7 Ready you need to download the software provided by Microsoft, and install it on your harddrive.

You can download Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor from here.

1. After you install it start up the program and click Start Check.


2. Wait until it finishes the checking.


3. You will see a list with all the problem that you need to fix in order to install Windows 7.