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Coming Soon: Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC | |
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| Time: 21:13 EST/02:13 GMT | News Source: Windows Team Blog | Posted By: Andre Da Costa | ||
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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. |
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| #1 By 88850 (221.128.201.191) at Saturday, April 25, 2009 12:54:26 PM |
| This is simply the next version of Virtual PC which adds native host OS integration (removes the desktop and start menu/taskbar from the guest OS). This should in an ideal scenario work with any OS, esp Vista, but Microsoft is trying to sell if off as an exclusive Windows 7 feature for business reasons. VMWare Workstation 6.5 released in September 2008 aleady does this (called Unity mode instead of XP Mode) and isn't locked for Windows 7 hosts and Windows XP guests. Sadly, THIS WON'T GIVE ME BACK THE FEATURES REMOVED FROM WINDOWS VISTA OR WINDOWS 7 WITH NATIVE INTEGRATION. Users will still have to manage and patch this "Virtual XP". |
| #2 By 92283 (70.67.3.196) at Saturday, April 25, 2009 02:48:08 PM |
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This is a brilliant move.
#1 Huh? |
| #3 By 2201 (78.32.103.51) at Saturday, April 25, 2009 06:35:10 PM |
| #1 you forgot that you actually get XP with it, which you don't with VMware, OBVIOUSLY. |
| #4 By 16797 (65.93.215.20) at Saturday, April 25, 2009 06:48:43 PM |
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#1 VirtualBox does that too (it's called "seamless mode") and it's 100% free, unlike VMWare Workstation.
You do have to buy XP as #3 pointed. |
| #5 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at Tuesday, April 28, 2009 12:50:07 PM |
| Great. Now you have TWO instances of Windows to worry about. Better save your pennies for the two AV packages you'll need, as well as two anti-malware suites, double the patch maintenance concerns... Maybe now's the time to buy some Symantec or McAfee stock. |
