Windows XP mode in Windows 7

[ew2x4]

http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs/paul/archive/2009/04/24/secret-no-more-revealing-virtual-windows-xp-for-windows-7.aspx

How pimp is that.

[Perry]

Very, very []D [] []\/[] []D

[hemmy]

Windows 7 is going to be HUGE, IMO.

Been using it since pre-beta and plan on grabbing the RC.

[ew2x4]

Windows 7 is going to be HUGE, IMO.

Been using it since pre-beta and plan on grabbing the RC.

Put 7077 on a spare box. Very impressed. Half way done downloading 7100 now. I'll put it on my main machine tomorrow probably.

[hemmy]

yes currently waiting for ubuntu to update to 9.04 but its slow as hell.

Currently 5 os's installed on my desktop, no idea why though

[Perry]

How user-friendly is Ubuntu? I've seen what you can do with it and it's really neat, but I've heard it takes a lot of configuration for things.

[ew2x4]

How user-friendly is Ubuntu? I've seen what you can do with it and it's really neat, but I've heard it takes a lot of configuration for things.

I haven't used it since version 7 or so. It's by far the friendliest linux distro I've seen. That's not to say it's a cake walk. It's still linux.

[Perry]

I think I might want to get it later and put it on my pc which currently just has Vista on it (along with Windows 7 eventually). I like options   

[hemmy]

If you don't have wireless pretty much everything in Ubuntu is plug and play

Wireless is definitely a different story, depending on what model wireless card your laptop/desktop has

You can install Ubuntu inside of windows just like any other application if you want to try it

Then when you boot it will be added to the Windows boot manager

Also, FYI to anyone grabbing W7 betas, not all builds are legit, some have been modified by a 3rd party

[ew2x4]

If you don't have wireless pretty much everything in Ubuntu is plug and play

Wireless is definitely a different story, depending on what model wireless card your laptop/desktop has

You can install Ubuntu inside of windows just like any other application if you want to try it

Then when you boot it will be added to the Windows boot manager

Also, FYI to anyone grabbing W7 betas, not all builds are legit, some have been modified by a 3rd party

I just ordered a new hard drive for my laptop, so I'll probably just wait for the legit one from MS.

[hemmy]

Will be on MS's site May 5th I think

[ew2x4]

Will be on MS's site May 5th I think

Technet the 30th 

[hemmy]

Paid subscription

[ew2x4]

Paid subscription

I know peeps who know peeps. Way too cheap to get it myself.

[ew2x4]

Just got it installed on my new hard drive.

This thing fracking flies.

[hemmy]

Am currently backing up my stuff gonna setup raid 0 + w7 

[ew2x4]

Am currently backing up my stuff gonna setup raid 0 + w7 

indeed

Installed in 16 minutes from DVD. Restarts in less than a minute. I love it.

[hemmy]

Am currently backing up my stuff gonna setup raid 0 + w7 

indeed

Installed in 16 minutes from DVD. Restarts in less than a minute. I love it.

Well my raid setup uses a jmicron chip that I can't get working 

I just cleaned my OS HDDs (Had XP, Vista, Ubuntu, W7 build 7068 installed) and now only have W7 RC

Very fast still, try to go raid when I jump to Core i7

[ew2x4]

Just got a new CPU for my laptop. Will install it tomorrow and get the "official" x64 RC.

[Saulbadguy]

Paid subscription

Our work has a technet and msdn sub.  It still took like a day to download, the site was hammered.  Got it installed today.  Haven't really messed w/ it too much.  Ultimate edition 64 bit. 

[hemmy]

Ya, I grabbed off torrent @ 1.5 MB/s  (64 bit)

New Windows Sounds added since previous beta releases 

Paid subscription

Our work has a technet and msdn sub.  It still took like a day to download, the site was hammered.  Got it installed today.  Haven't really messed w/ it too much.  Ultimate edition 64 bit. 

http://www.dailytech.com/Windows+7+RC+Demand+Briefly+Crashes+Microsoft+Servers/article15020.htm

[pissclams]

why is Microsoft pushing a new OS already?  Vista?   

why run XP mode (VERY OLD!) in a new and exciting and better OS?     

 

[Saulbadguy]

why is Microsoft pushing a new OS already?  Vista?   

why run XP mode (VERY OLD!) in a new and exciting and better OS?     

 

Cause Vista wasn't well received. Rebranding and adding some neat new features, and "streamlining" will make it better received - whether or not the product is any better, or worst.

[Skycat]

By the time Windows 7 comes out for retail next year some time, it will have been about 3 years since Vista came out.  That's a pretty typical delay between OS releases for Microsoft. 

And like Kat Hoopz recruiting classes, they alternate between being pretty good and sucking.

[pissclams]

so the lesson from this thread is that the great part about MS's new OS is that it can act like the one that came out 8 yrs ago, got it.

[Saulbadguy]

By the time Windows 7 comes out for retail next year some time, it will have been about 3 years since Vista came out.  That's a pretty typical delay between OS releases for Microsoft. 

And like Kat Hoopz recruiting classes, they alternate between being pretty good and sucking.

Yeah - they aren't like MAC's that do a new OS "release" every years and just add a couple of stupid apps to = new version.

[hemmy]

They are including XP because many business use very old legacy productivity applications that have not seen updates in years, and are incompatible with anything newer than XP

[Saulbadguy]

They are including XP because many business use very old legacy productivity applications that have not seen updates in years, and are incompatible with anything newer than XP

I hate that. Really do.  We tend to try to stick w/ Microsoft products for anything like that but unfortunately Microsoft doesn't do everything. 

[ew2x4]

Newer versions of Windows not focusing on legacy support will be 

[pissclams]

They are including XP because many business use very old legacy productivity applications that have not seen updates in years, and are incompatible with anything newer than XP

they're including XP because many enterprise users realized that Vista was junk and refused to "upgrade" to microsoft's new OS.  microsoft is hoping to trick the enterprise user into believing that 7 is not Vista related, even though it's exactly what Saul said it was a few posts back- a rebranded Vista that now has the ability to appear like the OS they're used to using.

if i'm an enterprise user why do i need my productivity applications to be compatible with anything newer than XP?  you do realize who's fault it is, if my productivity aps are not compatible with anything newer than XP, right?  microsofts.  MS chose to invent the need for a new OS.

they should have just continued NT's development through XP with their service pack crap & figure out a way to charge people for its development and continued support.  instead, they're now launching Vista Part 2.   i'm sure the new OS will launch will a lot fewer problems but the whole mess could have been avoided.