Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 System Requirements

As we know Microsoft has released Windows 8 RTM to public and a free 90-day trial version of Windows 8 RTM can also be downloaded using following link:

Download 90-Day Trial Version of Windows 8 RTM Absolutely Free

If you are planning to install it but are not sure whether your system is capable to install it or not, don't worry! If you are using Windows Vista or Windows 7 in your system, your system will also support Windows 8 without any problem.

For those who want to know the system requirements, following are the official system requirements for Windows 8:

• Processor: 1 GHz or faster 
• RAM: 1 GB for 32-bit & 2 GB for 64-bit
• HDD: 16 GB available hard disk space for 32-bit & 20 GB for 64-bit
• Graphics Card: DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
• Taking advantage of touch input requires a screen that supports multi-touch
• To run Metro style Apps, you need a screen resolution of 1024x768 or greater
• To snap apps, you need a screen resolution of at least 1366x768
• To use secure boot feature the firmware should support UEFI v2.3.1 Errata B and should have the Microsoft Windows Certification Authority in the UEFI signature database

If you don't want to install Windows 8 in your system but want to test its new features, you can install it in a visualization software. It'll not install Windows 8 in your system and will not affect your already installed OS. It'll install it virtually. 

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