Microsoft removes hardware virtualization barrier to running XP Mode
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From: Karl E. Peterson on 18 Mar 2010 21:15 Surprised no one else posted this... "Microsoft is making a slew of virtualization-related announcements on March 18 — including one that will be welcome by customers who've been stymied by the chip-level virtualization requirements for running Windows 7 in XP Mode. Effective immediately, Windows XP Mode no longer requires hardware virtualization technology, Microsoft officials said today. XP Mode is a feature of Windows 7 Professional or higher that allows companies to run XP applications that are incompatible with Windows 7 in a virtual environment." Microsoft removes hardware virtualization barrier to running XP Mode | All about Microsoft | ZDNet.com http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=5607 -- ..NET: It's About Trust! http://vfred.mvps.org
From: VanguardLH on 19 Mar 2010 02:07 Karl E. Peterson wrote: > Surprised no one else posted this... > > "Microsoft is making a slew of virtualization-related announcements on > March 18 �X including one that will be welcome by customers who��ve been > stymied by the chip-level virtualization requirements for running > Windows 7 in XP Mode. > > Effective immediately, Windows XP Mode no longer requires hardware > virtualization technology, Microsoft officials said today. XP Mode is a > feature of Windows 7 Professional or higher that allows companies to > run XP applications that are incompatible with Windows 7 in a virtual > environment." > > Microsoft removes hardware virtualization barrier to running XP Mode | > All about Microsoft | ZDNet.com > http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=5607 Maybe there hasn't been the huge adoption by consumers of Windows 7 that Microsoft was hoping for. Interesting marketing ploy: Slide in XP Mode trying to convince consumers they should buy Windows 7 to be backward compatibile via XP Mode for the Windows XP that those consumers already have.
From: Bill Grant on 19 Mar 2010 03:06 "VanguardLH" <V(a)nguard.LH> wrote in message news:hnv4bg$qqt$1(a)news.albasani.net... > Karl E. Peterson wrote: > >> Surprised no one else posted this... >> >> "Microsoft is making a slew of virtualization-related announcements on >> March 18 �X including one that will be welcome by customers who��ve been >> stymied by the chip-level virtualization requirements for running >> Windows 7 in XP Mode. >> >> Effective immediately, Windows XP Mode no longer requires hardware >> virtualization technology, Microsoft officials said today. XP Mode is a >> feature of Windows 7 Professional or higher that allows companies to >> run XP applications that are incompatible with Windows 7 in a virtual >> environment." >> >> Microsoft removes hardware virtualization barrier to running XP Mode | >> All about Microsoft | ZDNet.com >> http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=5607 > > Maybe there hasn't been the huge adoption by consumers of Windows 7 that > Microsoft was hoping for. Interesting marketing ploy: Slide in XP Mode > trying to convince consumers they should buy Windows 7 to be backward > compatibile via XP Mode for the Windows XP that those consumers already > have. I guess it is a logical step from a sales point of view. All of the development of WVPC was focused on XP Mode to give backward compatibility in Win 7 for businesses who still ran XP apps. These businesses are very likely to want to run Windows 7 on underpowered machines without hardware virtualization. I suspect it is pathetically slow. WVPC isn't exactly speedy even with hardware virtualization and a reasonable processor. Performance of WVPC is acceptable on my i5 750 with 4G but I would rate it unacceptable on any of my older machines. Not even close to VirtualBox.
From: Karl E. Peterson on 19 Mar 2010 12:16 VanguardLH wrote: > Karl E. Peterson wrote: >> Microsoft removes hardware virtualization barrier to running XP Mode | >> All about Microsoft | ZDNet.com >> http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=5607 > > Maybe there hasn't been the huge adoption by consumers of Windows 7 that > Microsoft was hoping for. I can't imagine they really give a damn about consumers at all. If they did, wouldn't XP Mode be available on Home editions? No, they consider "consumers" to be a quaint and captive audience. One who'll only be along for the ride if/when they buy a new machine. And then only because they aren't aware other options exist. -- ..NET: It's About Trust! http://vfred.mvps.org
From: Bill Grant on 19 Mar 2010 20:53 "Karl E. Peterson" <karl(a)exmvps.org> wrote in message news:#JAES#3xKHA.5036(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > VanguardLH wrote: >> Karl E. Peterson wrote: >>> Microsoft removes hardware virtualization barrier to running XP Mode | >>> All about Microsoft | ZDNet.com >>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=5607 >> >> Maybe there hasn't been the huge adoption by consumers of Windows 7 that >> Microsoft was hoping for. > > I can't imagine they really give a damn about consumers at all. If they > did, wouldn't XP Mode be available on Home editions? > > No, they consider "consumers" to be a quaint and captive audience. One > who'll only be along for the ride if/when they buy a new machine. And > then only because they aren't aware other options exist. > > -- > .NET: It's About Trust! > http://vfred.mvps.org > > What you call the consumer market which buys the Home editions was expressly excluded from consideration when XP Mode was being developed. It was considered (with some justification) that the sort of thing which these customers would want to run in XP Mode are not the sort of thing which runs well in a vm (no access to hardware audio or video), whereas business apps run pretty well. There was a document published by Microsoft (which I can't find at the moment) spelling this out.
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