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Windows 7 boot time on a modest laptop

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Uploaded by on Nov 5, 2008

Microsoft claim Windows 7 works pretty well on modest hardware so we thought we'd put that to the test.

The hardware consists:

HP Compaq nx6125
512 MB RAM
1.8 GHz AMD Turion 64
Windows 7 32 bit

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  • ur not using the transparent stuff and when u dont use them it makes it look horrible but it speeds up ur comp so u cheated

  • @hammy6427 Thanks for your comment on such an old video, you truly honour me.

    The laptop is not aero compatible.

    This 2 year old video was posted to show that Win 7 is usable on lower end machines, though maybe not for "transparent stuff", however this is due to it not having a proper graphics card - not because I felt like cheating you.

    I'll post a followup video at some point of my current laptop booting with Win7 - it has the transparent stuff.

  • @cymru2000 ok, how come u got windows 7 in 2008 coz i thought it came out in 2009 in october 22. thx 4 ur reply :)

  • @hammy6427 The company I work for is a large Microsoft partner, so this was basically an early Beta build ( milestone release). The Beta came out in early 2009, but performed about the same as this on boot. I never got round to testing the later builds because I ,lost the laptop :)

  • modest?

  • I think with the amount of time passed since this was originally posted we could downgrade modest to "crappy".

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  • Mine is a:

    HP Laptop

    1,8Ghz AMD Sempron

    1GB RAM

    Windows Vista Home Basic...

    AND ITS SOOOO SLOW!!!

    Im getting a new desktop PC next year!

  • HP Compaq nx6125

    512 MB RAM

    1.8 GHz AMD Turion 64

    is not modest hardware

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  • @hammy6427 it works when you have 1 GB ram or 2 only for noteboocks

  • how the hell can you run windows 7 with only 512mb ram ?? windows 7 needs at least 1GB , 2gb recommended :D WTF

  • @LilleClaus2387

    prob that RAM runs out :D

  • @cymru2000 the laptop is aero compatible because it uses ati radeon xpress 200m just use the vista driver for that.

  • mine has vista ultimate with:

    gateway desktop

    1 gb ram

    800 mhz pentium 4

    mega slow

    and mine has some of the aero themes goin on

  • @joeyisfunny it is

  • @cymru2000 oh i c, sorry 2 hear that u lost the laptop

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