{"id":594,"date":"2009-10-18T10:02:54","date_gmt":"2009-10-18T15:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/?p=594"},"modified":"2009-10-18T10:02:54","modified_gmt":"2009-10-18T15:02:54","slug":"can-your-computer-run-windows-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/index.php\/2009\/10\/can-your-computer-run-windows-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Can your computer run Windows 7?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the official consumer release of Windows 7 just a few days away, a lot of people are probably wondering whether their computers will be able to run Microsoft\u2019s newest OS.&#160; Potential issues include device drivers, hardware, software, and user settings.&#160; The free <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/downloads\/details.aspx?displaylang=en&amp;FamilyID=1b544e90-7659-4bd9-9e51-2497c146af15\" target=\"_blank\">Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor Beta<\/a> can help you answer these questions quickly an easily.&#160; The process couldn\u2019t be much easier: Just install and run the Upgrade Advisor (it runs on Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7).&#160; The utility will take a few minutes to run and will then return a report like the one below (assuming you\u2019re running a fairly current desktop or notebook computer).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/image64.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"image\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/image_thumb65.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"185\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>You can also view a list of system requirements and your current specifications:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/image65.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"image\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/image_thumb66.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"184\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>For the most part, users shouldn\u2019t have much trouble when upgrading to Windows 7.&#160; The magnitude of under-the-hood architectural changes is much less than it was during the leap from Windows XP to Windows Vista.&#160; And, third-party hardware and software vendors have <em>finally<\/em> caught up (for the most part) and are providing reliable drivers. <\/p>\n<p>From my experience, Windows 7 seems to run about as fast as Windows XP (which means it\u2019s <em>much<\/em> faster than Windows Vista).&#160; I have upgraded numerous desktops and notebooks to Windows 7 without any problems that I couldn\u2019t quickly and easily resolve.&#160; I think it will be a worthy upgrade for most users, and the Upgrade Advisor should be able to provide some warnings related to potential problems before you take the plunge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the official consumer release of Windows 7 just a few days away, a lot of people are probably wondering whether their computers will be able to run Microsoft\u2019s newest OS.&#160; Potential issues include device drivers, hardware, software, and user settings.&#160; The free Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor Beta can help you answer these questions quickly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-tips","category-general-systems-admin","category-windows-7"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}