Windows 7 in 1GB Memory

With 7 tabs open in Google Chrome, on Win7 64bit this is my memory usage

 

IF you're already using Vista you may as well install 7..

If you've got XP, it's questionable.

You would be wise to do a clean install either way so it performs decent at least for a while..

 

Windows adapts to the amount of ram you have.

Also notice Cached Available and Free.. I'm only running Chrome.. 6 tabs. in 7 64.

 

1 gb is very low for windows 7

 

That would be brutal for anyone with 1gb or less, damn

 

The newer the Windows version the bigger memory and resource-demanding, which is not developing a better OS from my point of view.

Improvements should reduce memory usage, not increasing it, at least not when it comes to the basic settings because installing additional software, like Adobe Air and others, obviously increase memory demand.

 

Heres the official windows 7 spec page,

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/get/system-requirements.aspx

They say 1gb of ram is sufficient! Im running it with 4gb ddr2, and its a flying machine, must faster than windows vista.

 

Depends on what you are doing, you can get away with 1 Gig if you are just using your PC for word-processing, the internet, IM etc. Although I highly recommend getting a 2 gig flash drive and use ReadyBoost. It works miracles for low-ram systems.

 

hey,upgrade to 2G memory. Will be more satisfactory.

 

I had no problems with 1 gb ram in my netbook , my advise dont running multitasking

 

I had 1 GB first, and then it started eating my RAM and my PC became too slow, then i have to upgrade the RAM to 2 GB. In 2 GB it works well.

 

I have a desktop that i upgraded to win7 from vista.... its got an amd @1.2ghz and 384mb ram..... win7 runs like a dream..... even xp lagged.... but this is amazing....

 

1Gb is ok for windows 7. if you want more speed go to 2GB ram.

 

I think 1 gig would be enough, but definitely if possible add a gig or two.

 

the file itself (install cd) is over 3GB.

 

Hello 5867dude,

Please check out the requirements here for Windows 7:
If you want to run Windows 7 on your PC, here's what it requires:
•1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
•1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
•16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
•DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
You can find the official Microsoft Windows Upgrade Advisor here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/get/upgrade-advisor.aspx

Before making any attempts at upgrading your Windows operating sytem; you should first backup all of your important data!
You can also go with the easy transfer, there is a very well planned out tutorial on the microsoft site:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/help/upgrading-from-windows-xp-to-windows-7

Also, please refer to Microsoft official site:
Windows 7 Compatibility: (There you will find out about hardware and software compatibilty.)
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/compatibility/en-us/default.aspx
There is a pulldown from which you can choose "hardware" and "software".

Finally, if you want to do some research; there are also some great articles, instructional videos and such to help with your Windows 7 migration and upgrade decisions located at our Springboard site:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/default.aspx

Thanks again and good luck!

John M.
Microsoft Windows Client Support

 

for me it hasn't worked good even with 3Gb

 

I also suffered similar kind of problem! where it consumed so much virtual memory during normal work then i again reverted back to Windows XP

 

Why not try upgrading your ram? Well its not the most expensive part for your laptop. Sure it'll run but for my rig, i've always been using around 1.5GB of RAM. So I'm not sure what can you do with only 1GB of RAM

 

I was running Windows 7 Ultimate on a notebook with 512MB RAM for a month, and works fine if you will do basic tasks without Aero.

btw, RAM is Cheap, i have 2GB on my netbook and 4GB in my Workstation, maybe 8GB soon.