Topic: Windows 7 gets virtual 'XP mode'

[toasty0]

This is great news for SFC players.

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9132119&intsrc=news_ts_head

[Nemesis]

I posted about this a couple of days ago.

I've never used virtualization myself but wouldn't the SFC data be passed through the Windows 7 network connection and likely fail to operate any better?

[marstone]

I posted about this a couple of days ago.

I've never used virtualization myself but wouldn't the SFC data be passed through the Windows 7 network connection and likely fail to operate any better?

you would figure that if they make a virtual 'XP mode' that they should simulate the XP connection also.  Because XP mode would be for alot of apps that would need internet connections.  But just a guess.

[toasty0]

I posted about this a couple of days ago.

I've never used virtualization myself but wouldn't the SFC data be passed through the Windows 7 network connection and likely fail to operate any better?

Depends on the protocol being used. Bonk, do you know?

[Nemesis]

Link to full article

Here are the minimum Windows 7 system requirements Microsoft released on April 30 when it made available the Release Candidate to MSDN and TechNet testers:

    * 1 GHz processor (32- or 64-bit)
    * 1 GB of RAM (32-bit); 2 GB of RAM (64-bit)
    * 16 GB of available disk space (32-bit); 20 GB of avaiable disk space (64-bit)
    * DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver

Note: If you are planning to run Windows XP Mode along with Windows 7, Microsoft is recommending a PC with a minimum of 2GB of memory and 15 GB of additional disk space. “In addition, Windows Virtual PC requires a PC with Intel-VT or AMD-V enabled in the CPU, as it takes advantage of the latest advancements in hardware virtualization,” according to company officials.

This is the OS that is supposed to run on Netbooks?  Only those high end units with HDs I guess.

[Nemesis]

Link to full article

The CPU support picture for Windows 7 was blessedly simple, at least until this week, when Microsoft complicated things for one corner of its upcoming OS. This new wrinkle was the discovery that Windows 7's recently announced XP Mode would only work on processors that supported either Intel's VT or AMD's AMD-V. The vast majority of AMD's lineup, except for Sempron, has AMD-V and will work, but the Intel situation is much more complicated, and in some ways, worse.

So if you are planning on Windows 7 virtualizing of XP make sure your hardware supports it.

[Sirgod]

On that last article, where does the I7 fit in? Been thinking of buying a new MB/Procc/memory/video card.

Stephen

[toasty0]

Link to full article

The CPU support picture for Windows 7 was blessedly simple, at least until this week, when Microsoft complicated things for one corner of its upcoming OS. This new wrinkle was the discovery that Windows 7's recently announced XP Mode would only work on processors that supported either Intel's VT or AMD's AMD-V. The vast majority of AMD's lineup, except for Sempron, has AMD-V and will work, but the Intel situation is much more complicated, and in some ways, worse.

So if you are planning on Windows 7 virtualizing of XP make sure your hardware supports it.

Never the less, if your hardware does not support XP Mode you can still use the old stand-by, VPC 2007.

[Centurus]

Why can't they just make it so games and programs written for the days of XP can run flawlessly in Windows 7?  Oh wait, that's common sense.  Nevermind.

*begins making massive backup copies of XP install discs*