Windows XP Comes Integrated into Windows 7

[elbert]

Very bad ideal unless it comes on home versions as well. Everyone will want this and no one will accept a version without this feature so hate is on its way from home users.

I expect home versions to be limited but this isn't the way. Ultimate is for the high end gamers. I suggest limiting the home versions to a single GPU and single socket. Those who spend a lot on high end systems builds should get a high end OS. A home user that want to run old software shouldn't and want pay a lot for a high-end OS.

Limiting home versions to only run new windows 7 programs will suck. Guess ill be sticking to XP until windows 8 or windows 7 ultimate become affordable.

 

[Guest]

How can this be so great, with you all!? Don't you ever read the fine print? Realize this is a very complex solution and a complete kludge to have to resort to - no compatibility, can't make a choice, well run both. Dual windows updates, dual bug fixes from MS, performance degradation, battery drain on laptops. I know a fair bit of OS-tech and I am also running multiple VMs on my machines. This is not for the average Joe the windows user. Another kludge by a failed dinosaure company! Complexity grows on the cost side of the customers profit sheet...

 

[antilycus]

if the start menu, default, looks like Vista, count it a loss...

 

[A Stoner]

Microsoft is listening. Super threading for multi-tasking, preventing API calls from locking the desktop to having total XP compatibility. Now an easy way to get rid of the annoying are you sure pop-ups, and they may make me repeat customer again. I sure hope it is XP x64...

 

[bustapr]

This the smartest thing microsoft has ever done.

 

[truerock]

Wow! This is not the kind of smart thinking I expect from Microsoft. Now, if they would do the same thing for Windows 98SE, Windows 95 with USB Support, Windows 3.11 for Workgroups and Microsoft DOS 6.22...
Windows 7 would be absolutely the bigest hit ever for a Microsoft operating system.

 

[martel80]

[citation][nom]michaelahess[/nom]I don't think 128bit is going to be coming anytime soon, it shouldn't either. The size of the code needed for it would be crazy, effeciency would be reduced due to lack of throughput on today's platforms. Maybe when SSD's become standard and double in speed it would be viable.I know MS talked about only 64bit, but I don't they'll cave just yet[/citation]
Unless you need more than 17,179,869,184 Gigabytes of virtual space, moving to 128 bits doesn't make much sense.
Even if mankind ever built a computer with this much RAM, what would we put in there? All the porn ever?

 

[Guest]

If this is true, then I am certainly flabbergasted. I never thought I'd see Microsoft do something so beneficial for end users - even including a license for a previous version of Windows with the new version. My apprehensions about having to move to Windows 7 have almost vanished now. One worry that still exists, of course, is Direct3D/OpenGL.

 

[Guest]

On one side, I don't think this covers device drivers compatibility with XP drivers, as someone around there was hoping for. On the other, it does not necesarily mean that Windows 7 is buggy. There are some compatibility issues across XP/Vista/7 that are not the new OS to blame for, but the old or the application itself. Sometimes theres a bug in the old OS and MS can't fix it because fixing it would mean breaking a lot of applicationsS. Sometimes applications are not written completely acording to the spec of the function calls.

 

[enforcer22]

[citation][nom]elbert[/nom]Very bad ideal unless it comes on home versions as well. Everyone will want this and no one will accept a version without this feature so hate is on its way from home users.I expect home versions to be limited but this isn't the way. Ultimate is for the high end gamers. I suggest limiting the home versions to a single GPU and single socket. Those who spend a lot on high end systems builds should get a high end OS. A home user that want to run old software shouldn't and want pay a lot for a high-end OS.Limiting home versions to only run new windows 7 programs will suck. Guess ill be sticking to XP until windows 8 or windows 7 ultimate become affordable.[/citation]

Everyone will want it? i dont even want XP now i been using vista ultimate 64 bit for over a year and a half now. I really wish they would get rid of all that legacy support and 32 bit coding but keeping some sort of compatability. Software companys are still in the darkages there.

I wouldnt say ultimate is for high end gamers its just teh "full version" but i do agree that this "option" should be on all thier versions since most people cling to xp for no good reason. Some may have one but most dont other then not liking change.

 

[that_aznpride101]

sounds great, but i need to see it before i can believe it

 

[Guest]

Graphics performance? What about it. Every one is quite on this account. It is know that the graphics performance in Virtual PC is pathetic and is just good enough for rudimentary purpose. Applications which require good graphics capabilities will not be able to run. Thus goes the XP compatibility in WINDOWS 7. If this has to be implemented has to be integrated with the OS itself. There are no work around.

The beauty of Wintel system is that it can run even the .com format of 70's in todays machines. DOS no-compatibility in Windows Vista has been a big disappointment for many old time users.

The native support for Windows XP applications and restoring of full DOS compatibility in Windows 7 is what many old times are looking for.

Usability must come before vanity.

--Murari

 

[spiketheaardvark]

In a 64 bit windows 7 (you're going to want the extra ram), Will the virtualization of XP be 64 bit or 32 bit? and wouldn't using 64bit XP just come with it's own pile of compatibly issues?

 

[Relayer]

Seems strange to buy a new OS because it can run the OS you already have in a virtual environment.

If M$ did put out a DX10 (DX11, OCL, etc..) patch nobody would want their new OS.

 

[Guest]

The adoption of vista in the business sector has struggled due to compatibility issues as many have acknowledged.
I suspect MS is not offering XPM on basic editions as they are only used at home. Bit cheap microsoft!
Microsoft do deserve credit for XPM integration though. Well done!