I find this pretty cool. Paul Thurrott over at the Super Site for Windows has finally come out with something he's been hinting at for a few weeks. Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate versions will have "XP Mode". This is basically an integrated virtual machine running Windows XP. No virtual desktop needs to be run, all the XP applications will be able to run alongside none XP Mode applications. This is a good move I think. According to Microsoft, this means that Windows 7 will be able to run virtually any XP compatible software.
I'm sure they're doing this for business. XP was around so long that business became entrenched with it. They have applications that work on XP, but maybe not on Vista. XP Mode seems to solve that problem without requiring IT staff to manually configure a virtual machine.
You can read a full workup and see some screens over at the Super Site.
Friday, April 24, 2009
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