Windows 7 Xp Mode

In Windows 7 There is more than most users could now see for themselves, an often overlooked feature, but that has the potential to upset the way operating systems are developed in the future, the XP mode.

The XP-Mode is a virtualization solution. That means roughly that an operating system within another is simulated. But where now is the benefit?

Many older programs refuse to operate under current operating systems. In principle, we as developers had two choices:

* It Kompatiblitätsforderungen ignores and takes in buying the older programs no longer work, but it has no "bad debts", such as old APIs that must be considered functionally
* It provides for backwards compatibility, but that it buys the old functions have to be continued, even if the current operating system is not used anymore

With the XP mode, but we can now proceed, therefore, and say, "Okay, we want to support some old programs, like contemporary but want to use APIs. To take the actual operating system now has no more regard to backwards compatibility, when an old program now has problems then get it

Well, what can one say about this great. Really just another reason to push the elderly finally XP in new worlds. For such software (and we're really only talking of old games, application software, but who can hardly use before 10 years old) can still run a Windows 98 image to a VM-Ware, which is unchanged from the XP mode.

I think of an idea has played in deciding to integrate such a mode, the "XP is the best operating system, including Vista and Windows 7 will never be as good / be" advocates the wind to take something out of the sails.

Above all, as a student you can not have everything. But is it really now that it is the version from the 15 Of July is preorder, must download? I once read somewhere that Microsoft is considering sending the W / version on USB sticks for laptop owners ... I want so one!