- Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster with support for PAE, NX, and SSE2
- RAM: 1 gigabyte (GB) (32-bit) or 2 GB (64-bit)
- Hard disk space: 16 GB (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
- Graphics card: Microsoft DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM driver
Additional necessities to use bound features:
- To use bit, you would like a pill or a monitor that supports multitouch
- To access the Windows Store and to transfer and run apps, you would like a lively web association and a screen resolution of a minimum of 1024 x 768
- To snap apps, you would like a screen resolution of a minimum of 1366 x 768
- Internet access (ISP fees may apply)
- Secure boot needs computer code that supports UEFI v2.3.1 Errata B and has the Microsoft Windows Certification Authority within the UEFI signature information
- Some games and programs may need a graphics card compatible with DirectX ten or higher for optimum performance
- Microsoft account needed for a few options
- Watching DVDs needs separate playback software package
- Windows Media Center license oversubscribed individually
- BitLocker to travel needs a USB flash drive (Windows eight professional only)
- BitLocker needs either trustworthy Platform Module (TPM) one.2 or a USB flash drive (Windows eight professional only)
- Client Hyper-V needs a 64-bit system with second level address translation (SLAT) capabilities and extra two GB of RAM (Windows eight professional only)
- A TV tuner is needed to play and record live TV in Windows Media Center (Windows eight professional Pack and Windows eight Media Center Pack only)
- Free web TV content varies by earth science, some content may need further fees (Windows eight professional Pack and Windows eight Media Center Pack only)