Windows 8

What are the system requirements for Windows 8 ?

Windows 8 Consumer Preview works great on the same hardware that powers Windows 7:

• Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster

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

• Hard disk space: 16 GB (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)

• Graphics card: Microsoft DirectX 9 graphics device or higher

Additional requirements to use certain features:

• To use touch, you need a tablet or a monitor that supports multitouch.

• To access the Windows Store and to download and run apps, you need an active Internet connection and a screen resolution of at least 1024 x 768.

• To snap apps, you need a screen resolution of at least 1366 x 768

  What is the difference between Windows 8 x64 to x86,x32?

  x86 (eg. x32) works on x64 and x86 processor types x64 only on x64 CPU's

  The 64-bit support and the advantages/disadvantage they offer:

  Advantages x64:

  * 64Bit OS can handle larger amounts of information than a 32Bit system

  * More working memory (over 4GB)

  * When you run many programs simultaneously

  * If you are using newest hardware. Advantages x32 (x86):

  * You have many older software whitout 64bit(Windows 8 x64) suport.

  * If you are using older hardware

  Win 8 System requirements 64-bit (x64) CPU mit 1 GHz 20 GByte Disk 2 GByte RAM DirectX-9-Graphics PS: (50-100 GB is better)

  Win 8 System requirements 32-bit (x86) CPU mit 1 GHz 16 GByte Disk 1 GByte RAM DirectX-9-Graphics PS: (50-100 GB is better)