


In April 2009, Microsoft retired Windows XP, ending mainstream support for the product. Further Windows 7 is much more efficient in handling system resources as well as graphic resources, while the operating system itself requires less memory than Windows Vista did, further improving performance and stability. Microsoft has removed previous limitations from the operating system allowing it to make full use of 64-bit hardware resulting in an up to 30% increase in performance. What makes Windows 7 圆4 and SolidWorks such a good combination?Īs opposed to Windows XP, which was first released as a 32-bit operating system, Windows 7 圆4 is a real 64-bit implementation. In a recent poll, Windows 7 圆4 was reported as the most common operating system that SolidWorks users have chosen to install on. You may have noticed that Windows 7 圆4 is now the recommended operating system for SolidWorks 20 ( ).
