Windows 7 reveals XP mode AKA the IT guy’s wet dream

[TorrentIt]

http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/04/25/windows-7-reveals-xp-mode-aka-the-it-guys-wet-dream/



So there’s going to be an XP mode in Windows 7. What does that mean? For users of Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate - sorry, lower-end users! - you will get a full copy of Windows XP that will run under a virtual processor. However, instead of creating a new desktop environment, the XP mode will bring the application up as a window inside Windows 7. This means you can run applications like IE 6 “natively” without booting a virtual machine.

The virtual machine will also offer a desktop interface but applications you install under XP will show up in the Windows 7 start menu, an interesting move. The XP app will, in short, appear as a Windows 7 app with a bit more loading.



Why is this happening? Mostly because Vista has long been seen as a plaything and not a serious option for IT departments. By adding an XP mode the final argument - “It’s not XP!” - against Windows 7 is dead. I’ve played with Wn7 and am looking forward to it and, as a former IT guy, I can state unequivocally that this is a big deal.

Wow,
Thats Amazing,
I Mean Awsome,
I Love That Look Of IT Almost Looks Like a Mac CPU,
Anyways I Got Vista,
i Guess its for WINDOWS XP Though,
So No Can Get,

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TorrentIt©

[evilfantasy]

@ TorrentIt

Stop posting that crap. We do not support warez here period!

[patio]

Bad News

For those that are looking forward to having this feature it seems not all CPU's will support it...

Here we go again...

[Broni]

You can't make it to work either, if you install Windows 7 on virtual partition, like I did. At least, this is the case of VMWare. It doesn't support overlaying virtuality.

[patio]

Their VM won't work on their VM....           
Only the Mothership can come up with stuff this good...

[Broni]

Just to be fair, I'm talking abour VMWare Workstation, not M$ VirtualPC. I tried that once, but I didn't like it. Not all features were working properly.

[lectrocrew]

Bad News

For those that are looking forward to having this feature it seems not all CPU's will support it...

Here we go again...

Well that just pisses me off. I installed a Core2 Quad 8200 in this PC I just built. I'm running Win 7 RC X32 on my Pentium 4 machine and really like it. I was planning to replace the Vista X64 I'm running now on my Q8200 machine when W7 X64 retail comes out. I have a HP 648C printer that's old (2000) but prints beautiful documents and photo's. Vista X32 nor X64 drivers are not available for it AFAIK, so it won't run on this Q8200 machine. It runs fine on the P4, Win7 machine. I was planning to run it on this machine in XP mode but if XP mode won't run with my Q8200 I'll be SOL. 

EDIT= re-worded for clarification

[x2543]

you have to have hardware virtualization support. Else, you can't use win XP. Most programs and apps are already compatible with win 7 because win 7's code is built off of win vista's.

[lectrocrew]

Exactly. 2nd page of Patio's link
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=946&page=2

Find your CPU model under its family, and then look in the column to the right. YES means the CPU models in that row all support Intel VT; NO means VT is not supported.

Core 2 Quad    
Q6600/6700    YES
Q8200/8200S/8300/8400/8400S    NO
Q9300/9400/9400S    YES
Q9450/9550/9550S/9650    YES

That leaves me without hardware virtualization support. 

[Ironman]

*censored* Intel....still prefer it over AMD....

[x2543]

<censored> Intel....still prefer it over AMD....

Well, for me, Intel, AMD, ATI or Nvidia, I got no preference, just it's the cost for performance and feature and what it allows me to do that's most important. They all got decent products out there.

[squall_01]

It dont seem all that great know, I thought at first when I read this that it would be more like xp there.  In sense that it would be able to run older app's in win 7 not give you two os.  Course I suppose thats all ways been true there.