Win7: Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC

[tain]

Windows XP Mode is specifically designed to help small businesses move to Windows 7. Windows XP Mode provides you with the flexibility to run many older productivity applications on a Windows 7 based PC.

All you need to do is to install suitable applications directly in Windows XP Mode which is a virtual Windows XP environment running under Windows Virtual PC. The applications will be published to the Windows 7 desktop and then you can run them directly from Windows 7.

Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC are best experienced on your new Windows 7 PC. We will be soon releasing the beta of Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC for Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Ultimate.

http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/business/...virtual-pc.aspx

[DigeratiPrime]

I wonder what applications would require this and do not work native on (Vista or) Windows 7 even with the compatibility shims. I cant wait to see people try to run games in it to increase performance

[EDIT] Would this be an actual copy of XP, if so what version and service pack? Would it have its own private memory etc etc?

[jaclaz]

I cant wait to see people try to run games in it to increase performance

Definitely better laugh of the day!

jaclaz

[bj-kaiser]

I wouldn't laugh so much about this. With this idea, Microsoft may have finally found a way (after 20+ years) to cut off backwards compatibility back to the '80s from newer incarnations of Windows.

And all I have to say about that:

HELL, ABOUT TIME!