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   Anonymous
   Unregistered

   http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10569844
   Windows 7 includes virtual version of XP, remote media streaming,
   Microsoft released a near-final version of the Windows 7 operating system to a large

   group of technology-savvy testers that adds a few new features, including a way to run

   Windows XP applications.

   The Windows 7 "release candidate" will be available for anyone to download and try out on May 5, but is available to MSDN and TechNet subscribers from today.
   look like keep XP long time!

   Posted 14 years ago #
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   Anonymous
   Unregistered

   http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2346719,00.asp

   Most PCs Can't Run Windows 7 'XP Mode'

   http://www.intel.com/products/processor/ http://wheretobuy.amd.com/pibs.html ( to Check XP Mode if work or not )

   Wouldn't it be nifty if you could run XP-specific apps in an "XP Mode" in Windows 7? The OS is capable of doing just that, though your computer probably isn't.

   Posted 14 years ago #
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   Whiterabbit-uk
   Games Guru

   Will the latest cpu's be able to run a virtual XP? and Is there a tech reason that makes it impossible for a virtual XP to work on most computers, or is it just a software issue that may be resolved later?

   It's certainly good news if i have a computer that will run it. I'm in the middle of planning my next build and will have to take what you've said into consideration. Having a virtual XP system running with Win 7 would be brilliant.

   regards

   Whiterabbit

   Posted 14 years ago #
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   Anonymous
   Unregistered

   XP applications can only be run on Windows 7 pro and better, not HP.

   Posted 14 years ago #
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   BentlyTCow
   Member

   It's a processor thing. It needs to have 'virtualization technology' built in to it. It basically is excluded from low end processors.

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_virtualization - lists supported processors

   But even if you don't have the needed processor you can still run XP(and lots of other operating systems) in Virtualbox, which is free from Sun Microsystems: http://www.virtualbox.org

   Posted 14 years ago #
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   Anonymous
   Unregistered

   only run XP in Windows 7 Ultimate & Professional the new CPU's not as good as old CPU's as they think XP on the way out so make for Vista & Windows 7 did not know need to keep for XP you can check with links on my post intel or amd,Only thing stop Windows 7 sale is not Linux it XP.

   Posted 14 years ago #
7. 

   Robert
   StrayCat

   You have made a good point there, hotdoge.
   Although Windows 7 seems to to run smoothly on Vista machines ,people might end up buying yet another (Windows7) 'capable' machine not knowing their CPU don't support the virtualization technology, being one of the coolest features of Windows7.
   But I suppose if you like Vista, you will like Windows7 even more... with or without this XP virtualization.

   Posted 14 years ago #
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   Deserthead47
   Member

   If you go to the following link,you can download the Processor Identification Utility.Checked 2 of my pc's processors(Intels),will try the AMD's later.

   http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/support/configure-bios.aspx

   Supports virtulization:

   Core2Duo E6320 - yes.
   Pentium D805 - no.

   Posted 14 years ago #
9. 

   pavid
   gamer extraordinaire & knowledgeable computer nerd who likes to argue, but is still a very nice guy

   I think people should be a bit careful here. I don't know for sure because I haven't investigated it but I believe there is a difference between virtual machines and virtualization.

   AFIK virtual machines use the host operating system to run a copy of another OS which has limitations such as native hardware driver support while virtualization means that the CPU is capable of handling a guest OS and its hardware driver requirements as well as running the host OS and its hardware driver requirements at the same time.

   Simply put, a virtual machine is not likely able to run the drivers necessary to use all the host hardware efficiently and quickly while a virtualized OS is able to use the host hardware efficiently. There are other limitations but I think you will find that this limitaion (VM NOT ABLE to run most hardware while Virtualization IS ABLE to) is perhaps the most defining one.

   Perhaps someone else might clarify this for us as I'm not up to that task at the moment. At any rate, I don't think most of us need to worry about this. The PC Mag article suggests only large and medium business would be the ones needing to be concerned about this it.

   Posted 14 years ago #
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    GMMan, Hexadecimal Blacksmith
    Blocked

    Isn't a virtual machine a part of virtualization, as in the guest OS is virtualized in a virtual machine? Virtualization usually refers to having a number (like from 6 to 15) of virtual machines running on a server to provide various services, deployment testing, compatibility, etc., usually with more that one server for virtualization. However, virtualization can also mean putting any code in a virtual environment and running it as such.

    Posted 14 years ago #

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