Product Overview
Windows 7 Ultimate gives you everything Home Premium and
Professional offers—plus added security features and the flexibility to work in
multiple languages. Create a home network and share all of your favorite
photos, videos, and music. You can even watch TV programs for free, whenever
and wherever you want.
Take a look at these highlighted features
in Windows 7 Ultimate:
• Get everything Home Premium and
Professional offers—plus added security features and the flexibility to work in
multiple languages
• Use BitLocker and BitLocker To Go to
better protect your valuable files—even on removable drives such as USB devices
• Access corporate resources
seamlessly when you’re on the Internet, without having to initiate a VPN
connection*
• Switch among any of 35 languages as
easily as logging off and back on again
• Back up your files to an external
hard drive, secondary hard drive, writable CD or DVD, or to a network location
• Take advantage of the powerful
diagnostics and troubleshooters built into Action Center to resolve many
computer problems on your own
• Watch, pause, and rewind TV or
record it to watch whenever and wherever you want (for some Windows Media
Center functionality, a TV tuner and additional hardware may be required)
Additional Information
Windows 7 Ultimate is designed for people
who want it all.
• Simplify everyday tasks: find
something instantly, compare documents side by side, or easily back-up your
complete system over a network; further protect your data with Bitlocker
security
• Enjoy a PC that works the way you
want it to; supports 64-bit technologies and offering XP Mode for your business
productivity applications
• Make new things possible: watch
Internet TV, pause, rewind, and record TV, or use Touch to interact with your
PC in new ways
• Choose to work in any one of 35
languages on the same PC
• 90 days of Microsoft Support
Services included: click here for details
• This product includes both 32- and
64-bit versions. Learn more.
• Great for small business
• Depending on the version of Windows
you’re currently running, installing Windows 7 on your PC may be a lengthy
process. Before you buy or install Windows 7 on your PC:
• RunWindows Upgrade Advisor to make
sure your PC can run Windows 7.
• Decide to buy an Upgrade or Full
product
• All editions of Windows XP and
Windows Vista qualify you to upgrade. So, if you’re running either on your PC
today, buy a package labeled “Upgrade”.
• Understand the upgrade process for
your PC
• Moving to Windows 7 Home Premium from Windows
Vista Home Basic or Home Premium qualifies as an upgrade. All other paths,
including a move from a 64-bit edition of Windows Vista to a 32-bit edition of Windows 7, require a more detailed
re-installation process.
• Use the Compatibility Center to
ensure your other hardware and software will work with Windows 7.
• Determine if 32 or 64-bit is right for you
• Each package contains two disks: one
with the 32-bit edition and one with the 64-bit edition of Windows 7. Please
make sure you know which to install on your PC. The benefits of 64-bit are most
apparent when you have a large amount of random access memory (RAM) installed
on your computer, typically 4 GB of RAM or more. In such cases, because a
64-bit operating system can handle large amounts of memory more efficiently
than a 32-bit operating system can, a 64-bit system can be more responsive when
running several programs at the same time and switching between them
frequently. Please note: if you are presently running 64-bit software on a PC
running a 64-bit edition of Windows Vista and you move to a 32-bit edition of Windows 7,
your 64-bit software may no longer work.
• Find out how easy it is to upgrade
to Windows 7 with
the Getting Started guide.
• Do you use a small notebook PC (also
known as a netbook)?
• If you’ve got a netbook, you
probably don’t have a CD or DVD drive – so you may be wondering how you can
upgrade to Windows
7.
• The Microsoft Store is the only
place where you can download Windows 7 directly to your netbook. Learn how it
works.
Processor Required
1 GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit
(x64) processor
Memory Required
1 GB RAM (32-bit) / 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
Video card
DirectX 9 graphics processor with WDDM 1.0
or later driver
Hard disk
16 GB available disk space (32-bit) / 20 GB
(64-bit); for the download version, an additional 3 GB is required
Other
Additional requirements to use certain
features:
• Internet access (fees may apply)
• 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
• HomeGroup requires a network and PCs
running Windows 7
• DVD/CD authoring requires a
compatible optical drive
• Music and sound require audio output
Product functionality and graphics may vary
based on your system configuration. Some features may require advanced or
additional hardware.
