Monthly Archives: May 2009

Freeware Review Section Introduced

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Open Source softwares are becoming popular day by day. Keeping that in mind we, here at Tech Freek, introduced a category only for reviewing Open Source Softwares (Freewares).

Open Source softwares are like boon for us, the normal computer users. the best part is, we don’t have to pay the developer for using the tool. And, still we can do as much as we do with other paid softwares.

Its obvious that free things comes with some limitations, but apart from that they are even better compared to their paid counterparts.

In tech Freek, we will mainly review 5 types of freewares

  1. Audio: Dedicated for Audio Editing and Audio Authoring Tools
  2. Video : Dedicated for Video Editing and Video Authoring Tools
  3. Graphics : Dedicated for Graphics Editing Tools
  4. System Security : Dedicated for System Tuning and System Security Softwares
  5. Internet : Dedicated for tools which are used to browse and use the internet easily.

So, keep coming back for more of the lastest news from the world of Technology.

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Windows 7 System Requirements

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windows7When Microsoft released the official beta for Windows 7 a while back, it also published a set of system requirements. These were a general overview, and it seems that they have been updated to match the Windows 7 RC recently made available.

Here’s the list of initial system requirements Microsoft made available:

  1. 1 GHz processor (32- or 64-bit)
  2. 1GB of RAM
  3. 16 GB of available disk space
  4. Support for DirectX 9 graphics with 128MB of memory (for the Aero interface)

And here, you will find the updated and final list of requirements:

  1. 1 GHz processor (32- or 64-bit)
  2. 1 GB of RAM (32-bit); 2 GB of RAM (64-bit)
  3. 16 GB of available disk space (32-bit); 20 GB of available disk space (64-bit)
  4. DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver

According to ZDNet, however, “If you are planning to run Windows XP Mode along with Windows 7, Microsoft is recommending a PC with a minimum of 2GB of memory and 15 GB of additional disk space.” Microsoft stated, “In addition, Windows Virtual PC requires a PC with Intel-VT or AMD-V enabled in the CPU, as it takes advantage of the latest advancements in hardware virtualization.”

If you’re interested in comparing, here is the list of final specifications for Windows Vista:

  1. 1 GHz processor (32- or 64-bit)
  2. 512 MB of RAM (for Home Basic); 1 GB of RAM for all other versions
  3. 15 GB of available disk space
  4. Support for DirectX 9 graphics and 32 MB of graphics memory (for Home Basic); 128 MB of graphics memory plus WDDM support for all other versions

These specifications are not specific to any particular SKU, and again, are final.

Submitted Through Neowin.

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