![]() In terms of resource consumption, Windows 8 was also more spartan. For example, a clean Windows 7 installation will consume roughly 13GB of storage space, disregarding the pagefile. The OS, in its current pre-beta state, has a significantly smaller footprint than Windows 7. Even still, Windows 8 runs surprising well on this diminutive machine. Well, the OS did install and work properly on the machine, save for one minor hiccup-there were no graphics drivers available, so I had to settle for the basic display driver included with Windows 8. If the OS would even install on the machine, it would make for an interesting test of Windows 8 supposed, streamlined nature. Regardless of the upgrades, the system’s processor and IGP are below Microsoft’s minimum recommended specifications. The machine originally shipped with 1GB of RAM and 12GB of solid state storage for the OS, but has since been upgraded to 2GB of RAM and 32GB of flash storage. The Eee PC 900 is equipped with a lowly Intel Celeron mobile processor, clocked at 900MHz, and anemic integrated graphics. The Asus Eee PC 900 doesn't meet Windows 8’s minimum requirements, but it was able to run the OS anyway. With that in mind, I set out to see how well the Windows 8 Developer Preview would perform on an aging machine that didn't’t actually meet the minimum system requirements-an old Asus Eee PC 900 netbook. That all sounds great in theory, but theory doesn't’t always translate very well into real-world results. ![]() But I digress.Īccording to what Microsoft has already disclosed, Windows 8 should boot faster, require less disk space, and the OS itself should consume less memory and fewer processor resources than Windows 7. Those are some paltry minimum system requirements in this day and age of octal-core processors, DX11 GPUs, and cheap RAM. DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver.16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit).1 GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (圆4) processor.The minimum system requirements for the Developer Preview are: MORE FROM MARCO: Why Windows 8 is Microsoft’s 'Apple-like' Slippery SlopeĪlthough the minimum system requirements for the final release of Windows 8 have yet to be officially disclosed, other than to say they’ll likely be lower than Windows 7’s, Microsoft did set a minimum spec for the Windows 8 Developer Preview which was released a few month back. So, I set out to put these claims to a real world test on my old Asus EE netbook. Among the plethora of information regarding Windows 8 that Microsoft has so far disseminated, is talk about a handful of optimizations meant to streamline, speed-up, or otherwise reduce Windows 8’s footprint in comparison to Windows 7. The following is a guest blog by freelance editor and self-confessed keyboard geek Marco Chiappetta.
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