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When Windows Vista stepped up the requirements in 2006, 1GB RAM, 1GHz  processor, DirectX 9 graphics and at least 15GB free disk space were the minimum requirements and these have remained the same through Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10 except for the slight increase in minimum free disk space that went up to 16GB.

With the Windows 10 anniversary update which may likely be released in the next couple of months, the minimum RAM required has gone up to 2GB for the 32-bit version as reported by WinBeta, bringing it to the same level as the 64-bit installation that has stayed at 2GB since Windows 7. Although the installation will still run on computers with less than 2GB RAM, there’s a great chance that the experience will not be anything near good.

Apart from this, Windows 10 anniversary update requires Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0 on systems shipped after July 28. TPM stores encryption keys and it’s used for other cryptographic purposes. Before now, manufactures could choose between TPM 1.2 or TPM 2.0 but the latter offers better encryption.