Microsoft announced Win10 system hardware requirements

Computer store news: Microsoft's new version of Windows official website officially launched, the new generation system Win10 officially debut official website. Microsoft announced that Windows 10 will be available on July 29, and now announced the hardware requirements for upgrading Windows 10 systems.

For Windows 7 and/or Windows 8.1 PC users, this is the basic configuration for running Windows 10:

If you are upgrading to Windows 10 on your computer or tablet Must meet the following requirements.

• The latest version of the operating system: Make sure you are running the latest version, Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8.1 update.

• Processor: 1 GHz or faster processor or SoC

• RAM: 1 GB (32-bit) or 2 GB (64-bit)

• Hard disk space: 16 GB (32-bit operating system) or 20 GB (64-bit operating system)

• Graphics card: DirectX 9 or higher (including WDDM 1.0 driver)

• Display: 1024x600

Microsoft also pointed out that in addition to the above system requirements, there are other situations that may prevent your computer from running Windows 10, including  driver and firmware support, application compatibility And feature support & rdquo;. Microsoft added:

During the upgrade, Microsoft will check if the anti-virus and anti-malware applications are the current version. If it is the current version, Windows will uninstall your app while saving your settings. After the upgrade is complete, Windows will install the latest version of the app and restore the settings before the upgrade. If your subscription is not current, the upgrade will enable Windows protection.

Some OEM pre-installed apps may be removed before the upgrade.

For some third-party applications, the "Get Windows 10" app will scan for app compatibility. If there is a compatibility issue that prevents you from upgrading Windows 10, you will be notified that you can remove the app to continue the upgrade.

There are some features in Windows 10 that require not only basic system requirements, but also other hardware and software support to run fully:

Cortana in Windows 10 is only available in the US, UK, Provided by China, France, Italy, Germany, Spain and other countries and regions.

The speech recognition effect is related to the device microphone. The high-fidelity microphone array hardware driver with microphone array geometry provides improved speech recognition.

Windows Hello requires a dedicated infrared camera for facial recognition, iris detection or fingerprint reading, and supports the Windows Biometric Framework.

Continuum supports all Windows 10 editions, which can be turned on and off manually by using the Action Center. Tablet PCs and 2-in-1 devices with GPIO indicators or laptops can be configured to automatically enter the “Plate Mode”.

In some areas, music and videos can be streamed via Xbox Music or Xbox Video. For specific areas, please visit the Xbox Music and Xbox Video section of the Windows website.

Two-factor authentication requires a PIN, biometric (fingerprint reading or infrared camera), or a mobile phone with WiFi and Bluetooth.

Device Protection Requirements: UEFI Secure Boot with third-party UEFI CA will be removed from the UEFI database; TPM 2.0; System Firmware (BIOS) default configuration virtualization support: Virtualization extensions (eg Intel VT-x, AMD RVI); secondary address translation (eg Intel EPT, AMD RVI); IOMMU (eg Intel VT-d, AMD-Vi). The UEFI BIOS configuration prevents unauthorized users from disabling device protection hardware security features. Kernel-mode drivers require Microsoft to sign and be compatible with administrative execution code integrity. Only Windows 10 Enterprise Edition is supported.

The number of snapshots that can be taken depends on the minimum resolution of the application.

Use a tablet or monitor that requires multi-touch.

Some features require a Microsoft account.

Internet access.

Secure Boot requires firmware that supports UEFI v2.3.1 Errata B and Microsoft Windows authentication in the UEFI signature database.

Some IT administrators can enable secure logins (Ctrl + Alt + Del). On the tablet, for the Windows button + power button.

Some games and programs may require a graphics card that is compatible with DirectX 10 or higher for optimal performance.

Drive Encryption Protection is required for USB flash drives (Windows 10 Pro).

Drive Encryption requires a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 1.2, TPM 2.0, or USB flash drive (Windows 10 Pro and Windows 10 Enterprise Edition only).

Client Hyper-V requires a 64-bit system with secondary address translation (SLAT) and an additional 2 GB of RAM (Windows 10 Pro and Windows 10 Enterprise only)

Miracast required The display adapter supports Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) 1.3 and Wi-Fi adapters that support Wi-Fi Direct.

Wi-Fi Direct printing requires a Wi-Fi wireless network adapter that supports Wi-Fi Direct and a device that supports Wi-Fi Direct printing.

Installing a 64-bit operating system on a 64-bit PC requires support for CMPXCHG16b PrefetchW, LAHF /SAHF.

InstantGo only supports connected standby devices.

Device encryption requires a device with InstantGo and TPM 2.0.

Microsoft said that the above content may change during the final release of Win10.