[Bullethead]

I don't have Win7 myself, so I can't tell you from 1st-hand experience. However, I've been told that we have some test rigs running the games just fine under Win7. Also, customers in our other forum have also said they're running under Win7. So I'd say "yes", the games do run under Win7.

As for hardware recommendations, that's a matter of personal choice because there are many pieces of gear that will do the job. All I can do is offer the immortal advice to get the biggest, baddest stuff you can afford. That's cheaper in the long run because you can go longer without needed to upgrade or relace it.