Windows XP Starter Edition

Minimum:
233 MHz CPU
64 MB of RAM (may limit performance and some features)
1.5 GB of available hard disk space
Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution video adapter and monitor
CD-ROM or DVD drive


Maximum:
1 Physical CPU (Hyper-threading supported)
512 MB of RAM
120 GB of hard disk space
1024x768 Resolution

3 Programs running at one time
3 Windows per program running at one time

Recommended:
300 MHz CPU
128 MB of RAM
1.5 GB of available hard disk space
Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution video adapter with at least 8 MB of video RAM and monitor
CD-ROM or DVD drive

Windows XP Home Edition

Minimum:
233 MHz CPU
64 MB of RAM (may limit performance and some features)
1.5 GB of available hard disk space
Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution video adapter and monitor
CD-ROM or DVD drive

Maximum:
1 Physical CPU (Multi-Core + Hyper-threading supported)
4 GB of RAM
4 GB of Virtual Memory

4 GB FAT16 Partition
32 GB FAT32 Partition (Formatted during Setup)
2 TB FAT32 Partition
2 TB NTFS Partition (Basic Volume)

2 GB FAT16 File Size
4 GB FAT32 File Size
2 TB NTFS File Size (Basic Volume)

Recommended:
300 MHz CPU
128 MB of RAM
1.5 GB of available hard disk space
Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution video adapter with at least 8 MB of video RAM and monitor
CD-ROM or DVD drive

Windows XP Professional Edition

Minimum:
233 MHz CPU
64 MB of RAM (may limit performance and some features)
1.5 GB of available hard disk space
Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution video adapter and monitor
CD-ROM or DVD drive

Maximum:
2 Physical CPUs (Multi-Core + Hyper-threading supported)
4 GB of RAM
4 GB of Virtual Memory

4 GB FAT16 Partition
32 GB FAT32 Partition (Formatted during Setup)
2 TB FAT32 Partition
2 TB NTFS Partition (Basic Volume)
16 TB minus 64 KB NTFS Partition (Dynamic Volume - 4 KB Cluster Size)
256 TB minus 64 KB NTFS Partition (Dynamic Volume - 64 KB Cluster Size)

2 GB FAT16 File Size
4 GB FAT32 File Size
2 TB NTFS File Size (Basic Volume)
16 TB minus 64 KB NTFS File Size (Dynamic Volume - 4 KB Cluster Size)

Recommended:
300 MHz CPU
128 MB of RAM
1.5 GB of available hard disk space
Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution video adapter with at least 8 MB of video RAM and monitor
CD-ROM or DVD drive

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

Minimum:
AMD Athlon 64, AMD Opteron, Intel Xeon with Intel EM64T support, Intel Pentium 4 with Intel EM64T support CPUs
256 MB of RAM
1.5 GB of available hard disk space
Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution video adapter and monitor
CD-ROM or DVD drive
64-bit Device Drivers

Maximum:
2 Physical CPUs (Multi-Core + Hyper-threading supported)
128 GB of RAM
16 TB of Virtual Memory

4 GB FAT16 Partition
32 GB FAT32 Partition (Formatted during Setup)
2 TB FAT32 Partition
2 TB NTFS Partition (Basic Volume)
16 TB minus 64 KB NTFS Partition (Dynamic Volume - 4 KB Cluster Size)
256 TB minus 64 KB NTFS Partition (Dynamic Volume - 64 KB Cluster Size)
18 EB NTFS Partition (GPT Volume)

2 GB FAT16 File Size
4 GB FAT32 File Size
2 TB NTFS File Size (Basic Volume)
16 TB minus 64 KB NTFS File Size (Dynamic Volume - 4 KB Cluster Size)

Recommended:
AMD Athlon 64, AMD Opteron, Intel Xeon with Intel EM64T support, Intel Pentium 4 with Intel EM64T support CPU
256 MB of RAM or higher
1.5 GB of available hard disk space
Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution video adapter with at least 8 MB of video RAM and monitor
CD-ROM or DVD drive
64-bit Device Drivers

Windows XP (MCE) Media Center Edition 2005

Minimum:
1.6 GHz CPU
256 MB of RAM
30 GB of available hard disk space (Mobile Systems)
60 GB of available hard disk space (Non-Mobile Systems)
64 MB DDR 4x AGP DirectX 9 graphics card
1024 x 768 Resolution (4:3 aspect ratio)
1280 x 720 Resolution (Widescreen aspect ratio)
DVD drive (Must read DVDs at 4x and CDs at 16x speed)
Internet Connection:
(Either a Hardware 56 Kbps Modem, Integrated Broadband modem, 100BaseT or Wireless 802.11b Network Adapter)

Maximum:
2 Physical CPUs (Multi-Core + Hyper-threading supported)
4 GB of RAM
4 GB of Virtual Memory

4 GB FAT16 Partition
32 GB FAT32 Partition (Formatted during Setup)
2 TB FAT32 Partition
2 TB NTFS Partition (Basic Volume)
16 TB minus 64 KB NTFS Partition (Dynamic Volume - 4 KB Cluster Size)
256 TB minus 64 KB NTFS Partition (Dynamic Volume - 64 KB Cluster Size)

2 GB FAT16 File Size
4 GB FAT32 File Size
2 TB NTFS File Size (Basic Volume)
16 TB minus 64 KB NTFS File Size (Dynamic Volume - 4 KB Cluster Size)

4 TV tuners, 2 NTSC Standard tuners and 2 ATSC HD TV Tuners (Supported in MCE Rollup 2)

Recommended Options:
TV tuner card (Hardware MPEG-2 Decoder)
MCE Compatible Remote Control