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Microsoft Windows 7 Information

Microsoft Windows 7 is the operating system successor to Windows Vista, and was publicly released on October 22, 2009. 

Upgrading:

It is strongly recommended that a clean install of Windows 7 be performed when upgrading from Windows Vista.  NOTE: A clean install is required if you wish to upgrade from Windows XP. 

Before attempting an upgrade, be sure to check your computer specifications. The minimum requirements for Windows 7 are:

• 2 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
• 2 gigabyte (GB) RAM
• 40 GB available hard disk space
• DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
• DVD Drive