Windows Hardware Minimum Requirements

According to the A+ exam objectives you need to be able to verify hardware compatibility against Microsoft's minimum requirements. Probably the best way to remember these specifications would surely be to see them side by side for comparision, so I've tabulated Microsoft's own minimum requirements below side-by-side.

Remember these are the absolute minimum specifications. Running Windows with these minimum specifications will not prove very fruitful.

Hardware	Win 98	Win Me	Win NT Workstation	Win 200 Pro	Win XP Pro
Processor	486DX 66Mhz	Pentium 150Mhz	486 33MHz, Pentium, Pentium PRO, 150Mhz Alpha	133Mhz Intel Pentium or compatible	233Mhz Intel Pentium/Celeron, AMD K6/Athlon/Duron
Memory	16MB	32MB	16MB	64MB	64MB
Hard Disk Space	140-335MB	320MB	110MB	650MB	1.5GB
Floppy Disk	3 ½" Disk drive	3 ½" Disk drive	Required if installing from boot disks	Required if installing from boot disks	None
CD-ROM	Required if installing from CD-ROM	Required	Required	Required	Required
Video	VGA	VGA	VGA	VGA	SVGA (800 x 600)