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Windows 7 and Mac OS X requirements


By todd - Posted on 22 October 2009

I thought it might be interesting to compare system requirements for Mac OS X and Windows 7.

  Windows 7 (32-bit) Windows 7 (64-bit) Mac OS X (SnowLeopard)
Processor 1 GHz or faster 32-bit x86 2 GHz or faster 64-bit x64 Any Intel-based Mac
RAM 1 GB 2 GB 1 GB
Drive Space 16 GB 20 GB 5 GB
Graphics DirectX 9 device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver  
Fine Print Depending on resolution, video playback may require additional memory and advanced graphics hardware. Windows XP Mode requires an additional 1 GB of RAM, an additional 15 GB of available hard disk space, and a processor capable of hardware virtualization with Intel VT or AMD-V turned on.