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Windows 7 Logo program: 32-bit only hardware need not apply
by Brad Linder Sep 30th 2009
Microsoft has unveiled some of the details of the company's Windows 7 Logo program. Basically the program governs those little stickers that are affixed to computers and other hardware that have been tested to play nicely with Windows 7. In the past the Windows logo program has been something of a mess. Some hardware that received the sticker barely worked with Vista, and there were separate stickers for Windows Vista Home Basic, Home Premium, and so on. Now there will be a single sticker for all versions of Windows 7. And in order to qualify, every version of Windows 7 needs to work with the hardware. And that includes the 64-bit version of the operating system.
As Engadget points out, that means that virtually every netbook on the market today won't qualify to wear the sticker, since the Intel Atom N270, N280, Z520, and Z30 processors found in most netbooks are 32-bit only. Interestingly, the Atom 230 and 330 chips found in nettops (small, low power desktop computers) are 64-bit processors which means that these devices will be able to sport the new logo. And the next-generation laptop Atom processors due out in early 2010 will also be 64-bit chips.
You can find a list of companies that ahve already certified their hardware as Windows 7 compatible at readyset7.com.
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