Windows 7 gets virtual 'XP mode'

[Jory]

http://www.computerworld.com/action...leBasic&articleId=9132119&intsrc=news_ts_head

I've been saying they should do this forever. I hope it's not a hack job with VirtualPC.

 

[Methical]

Windows XP Mode will be offered as a free download only to users running Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate and Enterprise, the three top-priced editions of the new OS.

Thats at no suprise now is it. I also heard a rumour that the most basic edition of Windows 7 would only allow a user to run 3 programs simultaneously; can't remember the website though.

But good news to us that didn't get the chance to grab the BETA's..

Also on Friday, Microsoft announced it would post Windows 7 RC for public download on May 5, and make the preview available to MSDN and TechNet subscribers this Thursday, April 30.

 

[Jory]

The 3 programs thing was a rumor going around when MS started selling XP for dirt cheap on netbooks I think.

 

[lawson_jl]

The version of Windows 7 called Started Edition will be sold in 3rd world countries only and is limited to using 3 programs at once, not counting IE and othe built in windows programs like the control panel and windows explorer. You will not be able to purchase this version in the USA, Europe or any other developed nation.

The Virtual XP will be available as an additional download for Windows 7, i.e gonna cost you. It will actually run XP (or any other version of Windows such as 98) in a virtual machine in Windows 7 on the computers hardware. So it's not like running a virtual machine today where you have a whole nother OS running on the system. It's aimed at the corporate market that will likely be using legacy software but is available to the end user as well. This will allow a lot of the legacy code that makes Windows bloated and crash prone to be removed streamlining Windows.

I'm rehashing info from Windows Weekly Episode 103 or 104.

 

[abe]

The Virtual XP will be available as an additional download for Windows 7, i.e gonna cost you. It will actually run XP (or any other version of Windows such as 98) in a virtual machine in Windows 7 on the computers hardware. So it's not like running a virtual machine today where you have a whole nother OS running on the system. It's aimed at the corporate market that will likely be using legacy software but is available to the end user as well. This will allow a lot of the legacy code that makes Windows bloated and crash prone to be removed streamlining Windows.

I'm rehashing info from Windows Weekly Episode 103 or 104.

I'm sorry but I still don't understand the difference, virtual pc works on my hardware, except that the hd is seperate, and BTW can be mounted in win 7, as far as I understand, the difference between virtual xp and virtual pc is that virtual xp will not be noticebly working on a different machine, in other words you'll "feel" like your using your legacy app in win7

 

[lawson_jl]

The virtual xp in Windows 7 is simply a window indistinguable from any other WIndows in the system. It will also be able to access the file system your PC is currently using. You won't have to actually run a whole nother OS with it's own hard drive space, ram etc like you do now.

 

[Crgky127]

Kinda like seamless mode of VirtualBox on Ubuntu?

http://www.smokinglinux.com/virtual...ized-in-seamless-modality-on-ubuntu-gutsy-710

 

[abe]

beta release on may 5th, with usb support at last

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/default.aspx