Windows XP Comes Integrated into Windows 7

[tuannguyen]

If you thought Microsoft was going to dump Windows XP completely, think again.

Windows XP Comes Integrated into Windows 7 : Read more

 

[dafin0]

This is great news for people worried about upgrading from winxp to win7

 

[fuser]

Very good idea!

 

[wikiwikiwhat]

Wow, probably the best thing MS has ever done.

 

[drkambosha]

I don't know, but xp now is so spread even larger than win 95 in the 90s
for me, i hate vista, cause i'm not interested i themes & transparent vista windows.
so I;m sticking to xp, till they ioffer me something worth the hassle of shifting to windows 7

 

[freiheitner]

That's... interesting. It doesn't seem to say much for Microsoft's claims that Windows 7 will be the best version of Windows ever, if they have to offer a 2-versions-old compatibility layer to entice users to upgrade. Still, it's interesting. It might work.

 

[wikiwikiwhat]

I bet they are hoping it turns into the backwards compatibility thing that Xbox had. Great feature but afte a while people just really didn't use the feature and just stuck with Xbox 360 stuff. This will happen with Win 7, which is good for it.

 

[Guest]

Thumbs up for this, Will help me to no end in helping my customers transition away from Windows XP! I have installed Virtual PC In Vista with Xp as a default for many customers (Cost is prohibitive though as XP and Vista License needed) so being able to have this integrated into the Windows 7 Professional license is a godsend!

 

[jerreece]

Very interesting move on Microsoft's part. Should help alleviate concerns from folks who didn't switch to Vista, and are hesitant to switch to 7.

 

[KyleSTL]

Not to mention compatability with devices (read: scanner and printers that will never have Vista drivers, let along W7). This is a pretty good idea, although it underminds the perception that Windows 7 is a quality product, it'll have people asking "Why are they including the legacy (8 years) OS with it? Is the new OS buggy?"

 

[thepinkpanther]

TAKE THAT CREATIVE!!!! now u cant mess up the drivers cause we can just install xp ones!!!

 

[Guest]

Yea and there is 'prolly DOS in there somewhere too.
Dear Lord we'll never get rid of it!

 

[TheViper]

I'm a Linux user but this is impressive coming from MS. It's an incredibly clever idea that will actually be beneficial to both them AND the consumer.

 

[jsloan]

sound great, can't wait to play with it.

 

[deltatux]

Seems like one innovation that I actually agree with. Good job.

 

[kingssman]

Mac OSX Panther came with backwards compatibility to run OS9 apps through a virtualization feature. You could either boot into OS9, or run it as a background process to use the apps.

Another great windows feature that Mac paved the way for

But seriously. This was a duh. cudos to microsoft with their XP line for making such a nice OS that made a great upgrade to 2000 for the home user. It's a shame that Vista didn't share the roots

 

[maigo]

I think I'll stick with XP and virtualize Win7

 

[cruiseoveride]

This is idea has the best intentions, but its the dumbest thing in the world.

 

[Guest]

Microsoft claims...must wait and see.

 

[Upendra09]

I've gotten used to XP so much that I really don't want test anything new, XP is the original OS and nothing can beat it's stability, after all it has 8 years of patches and SPs in it, and that is what gives it its stability and reliability, nothing can beat it by a longshot.

 

[ahslan]

wow...this is awesome...is this feature already on the beta versions? cuz i could definitely use this feature to get my chipset and video driver installed properly on my tablet that's running 7068.

 

[techseven]

Bravissimo Microsoft

Lets just hope that MS keeps up this type of forward-intelligent mindset for future products...

 

[yoda8232]

YES, I'm loving Windows 7 already.
Hopefully it's good as they say.

 

[randomizer]

[citation][nom]saljr[/nom]I'll stick with XP. MS make a patch DirectX 10 and newer for XP Pro only.[/citation]
Purge that thought from your mind, it will never happen.

 

[eddieroolz]

Damn nice idea Microsoft! Now, this will make all the processors equipped with VT worthy of investment.

Unfortunately my E7200 doesn't :\