New IE 7

[MSGT]

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx

[Timberwolf]

Hmmmmm....what's wrong with the following picture???

system requirements


Below are the minimum requirements your computer needs to run Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2. Some components may require additional system resources not outlined below.

Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 should not be used on production systems in mission-critical environments. Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 will run on Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1).


<TABLE id=ie7SysReqs cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR><TH colSpan=2>Minimum Requirements




</TH></TR><TBODY><TR><TD class=ie7term>Computer/Processor




</TD><TD>Computer with a 233MHz processor or higher (Pentium processor recommended)




</TD></TR><TR><TD class=ie7term>Operating System




</TD><TD>Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2)


Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1)


</TD></TR><TR><TD class=ie7term>Memory




</TD><TD>For Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2:


Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2),
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, and
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1):
64 MB of RAM minimum
Full install size: 12 MB



</TD></TR><TR><TD class=ie7term>Drive




</TD><TD>CD-ROM drive (if installation is done from a CD-ROM)




</TD></TR><TR><TD class=ie7term>Display




</TD><TD>Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution monitor with 256 colors




</TD></TR><TR><TD class=ie7term>Peripherals






</TD><TD>Modem or Internet connection; Microsoft Mouse, Microsoft IntelliMouse, or compatible pointing device


</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

[Timberwolf]

Dunno 'bout anyone else, but will XP even RUN on a 233mhz box??

[DoctorDoom]

A 233 MHz box with 64 megs of RAM to boot. Not a bloody chance. It would be slower than the C-64.

XP requires a minimum of 256 megs to run even passably, 512 for decent performance, and a gig or more if major programs will be running together. And any CPU less than a GHz would be hard-pressed to do anything useful in a reasonable amount of time.

IAC, this is still a Beta, ergo buggy.

I'll pass on it. I have no interest in loading XP SP2 onto this box any time soon.

[Rhino]

Dunno 'bout anyone else, but will XP even RUN on a 233mhz box??Here's What You Need to Use Windows XP Professional

• PC with 300 megahertz or higher processor clock speed recommended; 233 MHz minimum required (single or dual processor system);* Intel Pentium/Celeron family, or AMD K6/Athlon/Duron family, or compatible processor recommended

• 128 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher recommended (64 MB minimum supported; may limit performance and some features)

• 1.5 gigabytes (GB) of available hard disk space*

• Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution video adapter and monitor

• CD-ROM or DVD drive

• Keyboard and Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device

Answer: barely.

[DoctorDoom]

Anyone who actually attempts to run any version of XP on a "minimum requirement" machine is going to find himself scratching his head and saying over and over, "WTF is WRONG with this 'puter?" It might boot into the desktop after a few minutes, but doing anything useful with it is a whole 'nother matter.

[Foquet]

When XP first came out in Oct 2001, it was meant to run on the early 1GB+ CPU's Duron and Pentium chips that were just coming out at that time. Part of that is because of many of it's run-time modules, which were and still are, CPU hungry. That is why it struggles on anything below say, a 800MHZ box.

As for RAM, 256 is the bare minimum, 512 is more recommended and the more RAM you have on the video card as well as a good 40GB (minimum) hard drive with good head speed, the easier it shall run.

[RayChuang]

Actually, the most important thing about Windows XP Professional is that you want at least a Celeron "A" 400 MHz CPU and 512 MB of RAM. My current machine runs an AMD Athlon 1.4 GHz slightly overclocked to 1.64 GHz and 1.5 GB of RAM--everything runs decently fast, especially with the eVGA graphics card that uses the nVidia GeForce FX 5200 chipset and 128 MB of video RAM installed. :thumb:

I would recommend getting a hard drive that at minimum supports ATA-100 IDE interface speeds, because XP when it loads a program uses a lot of hard disk access.