Windows 7 is the next release of the Windows client operating system, built on the secure foundation of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. Performance, reliability, security, and compatibility are core tenets of this release as we collect your feedback to meet our engineering goals of making Windows 7 the best-performing and most stable Windows operating system to date. All the new innovations in this product are meant to enhance your capability as an IT professional to better provision and manage increasingly mobile PCs, to protect data, and to improve end-user and personal productivity.

· Processor: 1 GHz 32-bit or 64-bit processor · Memory: 1 GB of system memory · Hard drive: 16 GB of available disk space · Video card: Support for DirectX 9 graphics with 128MB memory (in order to enable Aero theme)