Draft:System Requirements for MS-DOS Based Windows Versions

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Comment: Potential violation of Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_a_manual,_guidebook,_textbook,_or_scientific_journal and Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_an_indiscriminate_collection_of_information. See also WP:LLM for using ChatGPT to write Wikipedia articles. 94rain ^Talk 16:24, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Windows DOS Based Versions Requirements[edit]

Windows 1.01:

CPU: Intel 8086/8088
CPU Speed: 5 MHz
CPU Architecture: 16-bit
RAM: 256 KB
Disk Space: 192 KB (for system files)

Additional Info:

Windows 1.01 can be ran from a floppy disk
These requirements follow until 1.04

Windows 2.01:

CPU: Intel 8086/8088 or compatible
CPU Speed: 6 MHz
CPU Architecture: 16-bit
RAM: 512 KB
Disk Space: 2 MB
Additional Info: Windows 2.01 can be run from a floppy disk.

Windows 2.03:

CPU: Intel 8086/8088 or compatible
CPU Speed: 8 MHz
CPU Architecture: 16-bit
RAM: 640 KB
Disk Space: 3 MB
Additional Info: Windows 2.03 can be run from a floppy disk.

Windows 2.11 (286 Edition):

CPU: Intel 80286 or compatible
CPU Speed: 10 MHz
CPU Architecture: 16-bit
RAM: 1 MB
Disk Space: 6 MB
Additional Info: Windows 2.11 (286 Edition) can be run from a floppy disk.

Windows 2.11 (386 Edition):

CPU: Intel 80386 or compatible
CPU Speed: 16 MHz
CPU Architecture: 32-bit
RAM: 2 MB
Disk Space: 6 MB
Additional Info: Windows 2.11 (386 Edition) can be run from a floppy disk.

Windows 3.0:

CPU: Intel 8086/8088 or compatible
CPU Speed: 10 MHz
CPU Architecture: 16-bit
RAM: 1 MB (Standard Mode) / 2 MB (386 Enhanced Mode)
Disk Space: 6-10 MB

Windows 3.1:

CPU: Intel 8086/8088 or compatible
CPU Speed: 10 MHz
CPU Architecture: 16-bit
RAM: 1 MB (Standard Mode) / 2 MB (386 Enhanced Mode)
Disk Space: 6-10 MB

Windows 95:

CPU: 386DX or higher
CPU Speed: 20 MHz or higher
CPU Architecture: 32-bit
RAM: 4 MB (8 MB recommended)
Disk Space: Approximately 50-55 MB
Additional Info: Windows 95 can't be run from a floppy disk.

Windows 98:

CPU: 486DX or higher
CPU Speed: 66 MHz or higher
CPU Architecture: 32-bit
RAM: 16 MB
Disk Space: Approximately 195-295 MB
Additional Info: Windows 98 can't be run from a floppy disk.

Windows 98 Second Edition (98SE):

CPU: 486DX or higher
CPU Speed: 66 MHz or higher
CPU Architecture: 32-bit
RAM: 24 MB
Disk Space: Approximately 195-295 MB
Additional Info: Windows 98SE can't be run from a floppy disk.

Windows 98 Plus!:

CPU: 486DX or higher
CPU Speed: 66 MHz or higher
CPU Architecture: 32-bit
RAM: 24 MB
Disk Space: Approximately 195-295 MB
Additional Info: Windows 98 Plus! can't be run from a floppy disk.

Windows ME (Millennium Edition):

CPU: Pentium 150 MHz or higher
CPU Speed: 150 MHz or higher
CPU Architecture: 32-bit
RAM: 32 MB (64 MB recommended)
Disk Space: Approximately 320 MB
Additional Info: Windows ME can't be run from a floppy disk.

References[edit]

I used mostly what I know. This is accurate as far as I know. If you find issues, I will correct them. I also used ChatGPT to help me find what I didn't know