Windows 7 Professional includes all the Home Premium features you love and the business features your work demands. Connect to company networks easily and more securely and share files across the various PCs in your home. In addition, you can run many Windows XP productivity programs in Windows XP Mode and recover your data easily with automatic back-ups to your home or business network.

• Run many existing productivity and business programs designed for Windows XP additional necessary software is available for download, free-of-charge from Microsoft
• Back up your files to an external hard drive, secondary hard drive, writable CD or DVD, or to a network location
• Find virtually anything on your PC from documents to photos to e-mail
• Take advantage of the powerful diagnostics and troubleshooters built into Action Center to resolve many computer problems on your own
• Use HomeGroup to connect your PCs running Windows 7 to a single printer
• Interact with any compatible device connected to your computer - see device pictures and status and run common tasks from a single window

Processor:

• 1 GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64)

Hard Disk:

• 20 GB for (64-bit)
• 16 GB for (32-bit)

Memory:

• 2 GB RAM for (64-bit)
• 1 GB RAM for (32-bit)

Optical Drive:

• DVD-ROM authoring requires

Others:

• DirectX 9 graphics processor with WDDM 1.0 or later driver
• Internet access
• Depending on resolution, video playback may require additional memory and advanced graphics hardware
• For some Windows Media Center functionality a TV tuner and additional hardware may be required
• Windows Touch and Tablet PCs require specific hardware
• Home Group requires a network and PCs running Windows 7
• Music and sound require audio output

Note:

• Product functionality and graphics may vary based on your system configuration. Some features may require advanced or additional hardware