No Office 2013 for XP and Vista Users
The new Office suite will support only Windows 7 and 8 on the desktop
Still running XP or Vista and eying Office 2013? Sorry, you're out of luck. Unveiled Monday, the upcoming new Office suite won't support Windows XP or Vista, meaning users who need or want Office 2013 will have to upgrade to Windows 7 or Windows 8. Microsoft confirmed the tighter requirements on its Office 2013 Preview Technet page. Only Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2012 will be able to run the new suite.
Users will also need a PC with at least a 1GHz processor, 1GB of RAM for the 32-bit version (2GB for the 64-bit version), at least 3GB of free hard disk space, and a graphics card that can provide at least 1,024-by-576 resolution. The PC specs shouldn't be a challenge for most users. But the OS requirement may prove problematic. Vista users have been dropping like flies, most of them likely upgrading to Windows 7 by this point. Recent stats from Net Applications showed Vista's market share at less than 7 percent in June, and steadily dropping.
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