This document summarizes the system requirements for different versions of Windows from Windows 1.0 to Windows 8. It shows that as newer versions of Windows were released, the recommended system requirements increased, requiring faster processors, more RAM, larger hard drive space and more advanced graphics cards. For example, Windows 1.0 required 256KB of RAM while Windows 8 requires at least 1GB of RAM and 16GB of free hard drive space for 32-bit or 20GB for 64-bit.

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2. Windows 1.0
• 8086/8088 processor
256K of RAM (512k recommended)
CGA/EGA/Hercules graphics card (VGA didn't exist at
the time)
Two double-sided floppy drives or a hard drive
MS-DOS 2.0 (purchased separately)

3. Windows 2.x
• 8086/8088 processor
512K of RAM
CGA/EGA/VGA/Hercules graphics card (VGA is
officially supported)
Two double-sided floppy drives or a hard drive
MS-DOS 3.0 (purchased separately)

4. Windows 2.1x
• 8086/8088 processor (the "Windows/386"
version required a 386)
512K of RAM
CGA/EGA/VGA/Hercules graphics card
One floppy drives AND a Hard drive (Hard
drive is required)
MS-DOS 3.0 (purchased seperately)

5. Windows 3.0
• 8086/8088 processor (a 286 for standard
mode and a 386 for enhanced mode)
640K of RAM (and 256K of Extended Memory
for standard and enhanced mode)
CGA/EGA/VGA/Hercules graphics card
5.25-inch or 3.5-inch floppy drive
Hard drive with 6 MB of free space
MS-DOS 3.1 (purchased seperately)

6. Windows 3.1
• 286 processor (a 386 is required for Windows
for Workgroups 3.11)
1 MB of RAM (2 MB recommended)
EGA/VGA/Hercules graphics card (CGA no
longer supported)
5.25-inch or 3.5-inch floppy drive (CD version
still needs boot floppy)
Hard drive with 10 MB of free space
MS-DOS 3.1 (purchased seperately)

7. Windows NT 3.1 / Windows NT 3.5 /
Windows NT 3.51
• 386 processor @ 25 MHz
12 MB of RAM (16 MB for server editions)
VGA graphics card
CD-ROM drive or floppy drive
90 MB of free space

8. Windows 95
• 386DX processor (486 recommended)
4 MB of RAM (8 MB recommended)
VGA graphics card
CD-ROM or floppy drive
50 MB free space

9. Windows NT 4
• 486 processor @ 25 MHz
12 MB of RAM (16 MB for server editions)
VGA graphics card
CD-ROM drive or floppy drive
110 MB free space

10. Windows 98 ( NT 4.1 )
• 486DX2 @ 66 MHz (Pentium recommended)
16 MB of RAM (24 MB recommended)
VGA graphics card
CD-ROM drive
200 MB free space

11. Windows ME ( NT 4.9 )
• Pentium @ 150 MHz (Pentium II @ 300 MHz
recommended)
32 MB of RAM (64 MB recommended)
VGA graphics card
CD-ROM drive
320 MB free space

12. Windows 2000
• Pentium @ 133 MHz (Pentium II @ 300 MHz
recommended)
32 MB of RAM (128 MB for servers edition)
VGA graphics card
CD-ROM drive
650 MB free space

13. Windows XP
• Pentium @ 233 MHz (Pentium II @ 300 MHz
recommended)
64 MB of RAM (128 MB recommended)
SVGA graphics card
CD-ROM drive
1.5 GB free space

14. Windows Server 2003
• Minimum Pentium II 133 MHz atau lebih
tinggi.
Hardisk minimum 2 GB dengan 1 GB free
space.
Memori (RAM) minimum 128 MB.

15. Windows Vista
• Pentium III @ 800 MHz (Pentium III @ 1 GHz
recommended)
• 512 MB of RAM (1 GB of RAM recommended)
15 GB free space
• 20 GB Hard disk (HDD) , yang memiliki 15 GB
ruang bebas.

16. Windows Home Server
• Motherboard: Gigabyte P35C-DS3R
CPU: Intel E2140
Memory: 2x1GB PC2-8500
PSU: Thermaltake 550W
HDD: 1x1TB (Hitachi), 1x2TB (Samsung), 2x2TB
(WD Green)

17. Windows Server 2008
• Processor Minimum 1GHz (x86 processor) or
1.4GHz (x64 processor) Recommended 2GHz or
faster
• Memory Minimum 512MB RAM Recommended
2GB RAM or greater
Maximum (32-bit systems): 4GB (Standard) or
64GB (Enterprise and Datacenter)
Maximum (64-bit systems): 32GB (Standard) or
1TB (Enterprise, Datacenter) and 2TB (Itanium-
Based Systems
• Minimum: 10GB
Recommended: 40GB or greater

18. Windows 7
• Prosesor : Pentium III @ 1 GHz
• RAM : 1 GB of RAM (2 GB for 64-bit
edition)
• Hardisk : 16 GB free space (20 GB 64-bit)

19. Windows 8
• Arsitektur x86 (32-bit) x86-64 (64-bit)
Prosesor x-86 1 GHz x86-64 1 GHz Memori
(RAM) 1 GB 2 GB Kartu grafis Prosesor grafis
DirectX 9 dengan driver WDDM model 1.0
(Tidak terlalu perlu; hanya diperlukan untuk
Aero) Ruang kosong HDD 16 GB 20 GB (32 GB
atau lebih, jika RAM diatas 16GB.