The requirement are almost the same. Windows 7 is only a service pack for vista. Windows 7 requirements are... 1 gigahertz (GHz) 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit) 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit) DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver Vista requirements are... 1 gigahertz (GHz) 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor 1 gigabyte (GB) of system memory (512 megabytes (MB) for Home Basic) 15 GB of available space (20 GB for Home Basic) DirectX 9 graphics with WDDM and 128 MB of graphics memory (32 MB for Home Basic) On 24/02/12 18:40, Jean McCarthy wrote: > Hi. > > Can anyone on the list please advise me whether it is possible to > install Windows 7 on a laptop that is currently running Vista? > > Any advice would be greatly appreciated. > > Very many thanks in advance. Jean. > > -- > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jeanmccarthy36/ > > [email protected] > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Please refrain from posting commercial URLs and from discussing prices on the list. > > Remember to SNIP when replying. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
I think the biggest decision would be 32 or 64 bit. On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Les Hardy <[email protected]> wrote: > > The requirement are almost the same. Windows 7 is only a service pack for vista. > > Windows 7 requirements are... > 1 gigahertz (GHz) 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor > 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit) > 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit) > DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver > > Vista requirements are... > 1 gigahertz (GHz) 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor > 1 gigabyte (GB) of system memory (512 megabytes (MB) for Home Basic) > 15 GB of available space (20 GB for Home Basic) > DirectX 9 graphics with WDDM and 128 MB of graphics memory (32 MB for Home Basic) > > > > > > On 24/02/12 18:40, Jean McCarthy wrote: > > Hi. > > > > Can anyone on the list please advise me whether it is possible to > > install Windows 7 on a laptop that is currently running Vista? > > > > Any advice would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Very many thanks in advance. Jean. > > > > -- > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jeanmccarthy36/ > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > Please refrain from posting commercial URLs and from discussing prices on the list. > > > > Remember to SNIP when replying. > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Please refrain from posting commercial URLs and from discussing prices on the list. > > Remember to SNIP when replying. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- -------- K. Ross [email protected]