There is no doubt that Windows 7 was one of the best operating systems from Microsoft, and also remained one of the most popular. The truth is that it was not easy, because it came to the market after the great failure of Windows Vista, an operating system that not only failed to live up to expectations, but also had the dubious honor of becoming one of the most hated by users.

The success of Windows 7 was due to many reasons, but one of the most important was its low requirements and excellent scalability in different configurations, so much so that it was possible to run it even with a configuration lower than the minimum recommended by Microsoft. To run it, according to Redmond, we needed a 1 GHz CPU and 1 GB of RAM for the 32-bit version (2 GB for the 64-bit version).

As I told you before, despite its low requirements, Windows 7 was an operating system that scaled amazingly in different hardware configurations, for good reason. can support CPUs with up to 256 cores/threads. We know how it could scale, but how far could such an operating system go if we targeted the downside? Well, in a surprising way, so much so that it can work even on a CPU-based computer Pentium-S at 5 MHz and supplemented with only 128 MB of RAM.

Although the BIOS image says that the chip works at 50 MHz it actually runs at 5 MHz, as we can see in the second image, which serves as a verification of this curious “experiment”. Note, however, that in order to run Windows 7 with these configurations, it had to make a number of modifications, and that it started by default in Safe Mode of the mentioned operating system.

The time required to load Windows 7 with such settings will not leave you indifferent, 28 minutes, enough to go for a coffee and come back. Interesting, without a doubt, and a clear example of why Windows 7 deserves to be considered one of the best operating systems in history, as well as one of the most flexible.

If you are still using Windows 7, you already know that this operating system not officially supported, and that the only way to enjoy such support is to upgrade to Windows 10. Still you can upgrade to the listed operating system for freefor that you need to do a clean install and during the process you will be able to use your Windows 7 key to activate Windows 10.