PC Hardware for Windows 8

[Ciara]

Will there be any specific hardware needed for Windows 8 ? (eg) 64bit CPUs, Graphics Card, Sound Card, minimum RAM ? appreciate any advice

 

[A Guy]

We just don't know. Anything stated would just be subjecture. A Guy

 

[Ciara]

I see, thank you for your answer.

 

[A Guy]

I would expect that, like Seven, Eight will need no special hardware. It will just have minimum specs, and it's likely would run on a PC that can run Seven. A Guy

 

[StalkeR]

I also expect something like that.

 

[Ciara]

Thats what I was hoping

 

[vrosa]

Well, I guess it'll be the same Windows 7 minimum requirements. There's no reason for panic ...lol...

 

[Crispy]

Found this Windows 8 Windows 8 System Requirements but its not official.

 

[Dave76]

Those specs seem to be..ah...well....


Motherboard - Asus P5GC-MX Intel 945 chipset? I kinda like Gigabyte

Processor - Intel Dual Core? Might be a problem for tablets

RAM - 2 GB @ 1333 Mhz, so 1066MHZ isn't going to work :shock:

Hard drive - 250 GB, for an OS :huh:
Was hoping the OS would be smaller than that

Optical Drive - 20x DVD Writer, Is this that floppy drive thing I heard about?

 

[vrosa]

Motherboard - Asus P5GC-MX Intel 945 chipset
Processor - Intel Dual Core
RAM - 2 GB @ 1333 Mhz
Hard drive -
250 GB
Optical Drive - 20x DVD Writer

It doesn't make sense. Any rig that can run Windows 7 smoothly will probably run Windows 8 too.

 

[ie9]

It doesn't make sense.Any rig that can run Windows 7 smoothly will probably run Windows 8 too.

It will

 

[kpo6969]

It will

For sure. It's not like XP to Vista.

 

[Lebon14]

Hmm... According to the rumor, the new UI will take 128MB of video RAM... taking that into considertaion

The following are3 purely made FOR FUN
On my main retail editions

Minimum : (x86 only)
Intel P4/AMD Athlon 1.5 GHz
2 GB of RAM
20 GB of HDD space
256 MB of dedicated Video Ram with DirectX 10 compliant card

Minimum : (x64)
AMD Athlonx64/Intel Core 2 Duo 1.5 GHz
2 GB of RAM
25 GB of HDD space
256 MB of dedicated Video Ram with DirectX 10 compliant card

Recommanded (x64)
Intel Core 2 Duo or Athlon x64 @ 1.7GHz
3GB of DDR2 RAM
[...]

I think most laptop and desktops must have this kind of configuration by now.

 

[Joan Archer]

The specs on my machine aren't too bad really although it did originally come with Vista, hubby's came with Windows 7 and he's got a 64 bit machine where mine is 32 bit.

 

[PwnFrnzy]

I'm going to have to buy a new computer if I plan on getting a copy of Windows 8 if the requirement speculations are true.
(Refer to my System Specs to see what I mean).

 

[Bill2]

MS'll have a hard time gettings folks to switch to 8 if they jack up hardware requirements. People are just getting used to 7 and many are on XP.

 

[Everlong]

MS'll have a hard time gettings folks to switch to 8 if they jack up hardware requirements. People are just getting used to 7 and many are on XP.

Funny thing is everyone complained XP's requirements were too high when the specs for it were released.

 

[Shadowjk]

MS'll have a hard time gettings folks to switch to 8 if they jack up hardware requirements. People are just getting used to 7 and many are on XP.

But haven't Microsoft stopped the support for xp?

 

[kizo2703]

But haven't Microsoft stopped the support for xp?

Yes, but for older versions! SP3 has support until 2014.

''Important notice for users of Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2): The support for your product ended July 13, 2010! To ensure that you will receive all important security updates for Windows you need to upgrade to Windows XP with Service Pack 3 (SP3) or later versions such as Windows 7.''

Microsoft Support

 

[sof006]

I highly doubt Microsoft would make the specs higher for Windows 8 (128MB graphics was previously required from Windows Vista and the current OS Windows 7) So thats no difference.