Comments on: Microsoft unveils Virtual XP mode in Windows 7

By: Moshster

Moshster — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:02:16 +0000

Upgraded my Dell XPS m1330 to Build 7100. Bloody hell, it's fast.

By: common sense

common sense — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:12:49 +0000

Told you this six months ago and was laughed at. Care to guess who is laughing now?

By: Reavenk

Reavenk — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:31:09 +0000

Or maybe LinuxInsideWindows developers will developer a Linux layer that runs inside of windows, that can run a Windows7 Virtual Machine inside of itself that then emulates WindowsXP functionality?

By: Xzibit

Xzibit — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:15:04 +0000

Yo dawg, I put windows in your windows so you can use windows.. while you use windows

By: hmmm

hmmm — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:02:45 +0000

if it's gonna make dungeon keeper 1 work, why the hell not?

By: Moshster

Moshster — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 08:59:45 +0000

@ 42 No, no, no. XP Pro was by far the best OS, I agree, but it is now dated and it is time to move on. Xp for Vms is fine, but the primary host OS needs to move with the times. With the exception of gaming and HTPC platforms, a hypervisored PC makes more sense. I migrated Office to Virtual XP-PC about two years ago to save having to reinstall Office each time I upgraded hardware. I can copy/move the Office VPC image to any PC which makes life much easier and if I use the VM on only one computer at a time I'm not breaking the EULA either. I have done the same for my .Net and Java development environments.

By: Blue

Blue — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:56:35 +0000

VM's are never perfect, but I got a better idea. Run XP until 2014 and be done with it.

By: Moshster

Moshster — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:33:18 +0000

@40 ??? You make no sense at all with that comment ???

By: Waz

Waz — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 21:24:40 +0000

I smell a law suite coming…
Get ready VMware!

By: Moshster

Moshster — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:48:16 +0000

@37 Indeed it will be interesting to see how apps like Cubase cope; personally I wouldn't be too hopeful. The virtualization is aimed more at business apps which are not typically driver dependent but more dependent on DLL compatibilities and OS level APIs. 4Gb of RAM is already becoming the entry level. By the end of the year 1 terabyte of local storage will be the minimum for entry level PCs.

By: wael

wael — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:35:27 +0000

smart move indeed

By: Conditionally Happy

Conditionally Happy — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:57:20 +0000

I agree with the earlier poster who said that drivers play an important part in this. As a user of Cubase SX3, for instance, I have many, many apps that require drivers that have to run under XP, and won't run under say, Vista. The cost of upgrading all those music production apps would soar into the thousands of dollars if I was forced to migrate. If they can make it so all my Cubase related apps still run on 7- with the drivers, I'll be happy to buy 7. Seriously. Yes, I'll even buy it. The advantage would be in the amount of RAM I could use when not in XP mode. Pretty soon, I believe 16gb of RAM will be the norm.

By: Moonshine-A-Go-Go

Moonshine-A-Go-Go — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:42:10 +0000

For months now, I have been running the Free version of FortKnox Personal Firewall 2008 on my Vista x64 install. No problems here…

By: Moshster

Moshster — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:31:03 +0000

@30 You're actually right, some bail out money may well be used for infrastructure upgrades. The bail out money is in fact intended to sustain banking operations, i.e. BAU (business as usual) which would include IT Operations. Certainly, I would not condone using the bail out money for bonus payments, but IT Operations is BAU.

By: Moshster

Moshster — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:19:16 +0000

@29 Large corporations refresh their end user computing platforms every 18 to 24 months. In my experience I've seen nothing older than a Dual-Core in current enterprise environments. The power users (traders, for example) have quad core machines. Also you are forgetting the enterprise customers get massive site discounts for licenses and also have the scale of economy to reduce costs further when buying from Microsoft.

@30 No it's not hype. BMW, to name one large company, deployed Vista last year.