NT1230 Unit 1 Exercise 1 Upgrading

After reviewing the clients standard needs to upgrade the businesses operating systems and their current computer specifications as provided I have to come to two conclusions. The first thing I would like to say is that with 1 GB ram, 1.8 GHz processor and a DirectX 9 graphics adapter with WDDM it will be possible at minimum to upgrade to a windows 7 operating system. The version that I would recommend for the company is Windows 7 professional because it provides data protection with advanced network backup and EFS. This edition was designed for a business environment and can be centrally managed by a domain controller which would be perfect for the main office at the same time supporting the external computers running at the warehouse across town.
My second and final conclusion is we need to know how much available hard disk space there is because at minimum this operating system will need 16 GB to be able to run and install properly. We also need to make sure that it will be able to handle the 32-bit version which is the version that will be most suitable for the current specs that have been provided. With all that said it will be a great pleasure in upgrading to the new Windows 7 professional edition upon further review.
Since the computers are older operating systems and are running Windows XP they are going to need to do a fresh instillation. If you do the fresh installation the previous profiles and settings can be carried over through migration. That way the user does not lose all of their previous settings and they can begin to adapt to their new Windows 7 OS.