Installing Windows® 7 Beta on HP Business Desktops

Audience
This white paper is for use by HP personnel and clients evaluating Windows 7
Beta.
System Requirements and prerequisites
The following represents a list of requirements and HP Business Desktop models
recommended for testing with Windows 7.
Minimum Requirements
 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
 1 GB System Memory
 Graphics adapter with WDDM driver and 128MB of memory
o All models listed below have WDDM video drivers available
 24 GB available hard disc space
 DVD-ROM drive
 HP recommends a 1.5GHz or faster CPU, 2GB of system memory (dual channel for
UMA systems) and 80 GB 7200 RPM hard drive
Applicable 2007 and prior models
 dc7700
 dc7800
 dc5700
 dc5750
Applicable 2008 models
 dc7900
 dc5800
 dc5850
 dx7400
 dx7500
 dx7510