System requirements haven't changed too much since Windows Vista came to be and they will remain the same in Windows 10 as well, so computers running this old operating system should also be able to run the modern version.



That's what Gabriel Aul, head of the Windows Insider boss, has said in a short tweet today, confirming that Microsoft has been hard at work to keep system requirements unchanged when developing a new version of Windows.

 

@kiranbabutvm System requirements for Win10 are same as for Win8 (was mostly same as 7 and Vista.) Older PCs can upgrade, w/ some exceptions

— Gabriel Aul (@GabeAul) January 14, 2015

 

Here are the current system requirements of Windows 10 Technical Preview, which are very unlikely to change in the final version of the operating system:



Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster

RAM: 1 gigabyte (GB) (32-bit) or 2 GB (64-bit)

Free hard disk space: 16 GB

Graphics card: Microsoft DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM driver

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And if you're wondering, here are the system requirements of Windows Vista, which are very similar to those of Windows 10:



1-gigahertz (GHz) 32-bit (x86) processor or 1-GHz 64-bit (x64) processor

1 GB of system memory

128 MB of graphics memory (minimum)

40-GB hard disk that has 15 GB of free hard disk space (the 15 GB of free space provides room for temporary file storage during the install or upgrade)

 

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