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Microsoft must surely be hoping to raise the bar higher with its Windows 7 OS. However, a hacker is more interested in figuring out the lowest depths Windows 7 can plunge to. Whatever you believe you know about the bare minimum specs required to run Windows 7 may actually be exaggerated, greatly exaggerated. A hacker on the Windows Club’s forum, who is only known by his cyber pseudonym hackerman1, has done the unthinkable by successfully installing and running Windows 7 on a Pentium II system. The rig boasts a primeval 266 MHz Pentium II processor, 96 MB of SDRAM memory and a 4 MB graphics card. Hackerman1 now wants to repeat the feat using a 166 MHz Pentium I processor and 1 MB video card.
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[1] http://www.maximumpc.com/user/opulent_rigs_0
[2] http://www.dailytech.com/Tinkerer+Squeezes+Windows+7+Onto+Pentium+II+System/article15509.htm
[3] http://forum.thewindowsclub.com/windows-hardware-devices/28053-windows-7-dinosaur.html#post135619
[4] http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/20_windows_7_tweaks_tips_%E2%80%93_every_secret_uncovered_date
[5] http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/antivirus_firms_release_windows_7_software_previews_combat_microsofts_free_offering
[6] http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/no_ultimate_extras_windows_7_ultimate
[7] http://www.maximumpc.com/tags/hardware
[8] http://www.maximumpc.com/tags/microsoft
[9] http://www.maximumpc.com/tags/operating_system
[10] http://www.maximumpc.com/tags/sdram
[11] http://www.maximumpc.com/tags/windows
[12] http://www.maximumpc.com/tags/windows_7
[13] http://www.maximumpc.com/articles/news
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