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Windows 7's XP Mode to Require 2GB of RAM, True Processor Virtualization

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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
10/02/09

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Awesome. Too bad she didn't wound him instead. Imagine him then having to go back to the rest of the terrorist cell buddies and explain to them that a woman took his AK-47 and shot him with it...
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Aashish Bhagyanagar
10/02/09

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Dude these are hardcore al-qaeda affiliated pakistani militants not some nuts with guns......they dont stay down if they just get wounded.They are brainwashed religious zealots.She needed to kill one of them to set an example and scare the others away.
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
10/02/09

@Aashish Bhagyanagar: I know. I still think it would have been funnier if he had to explain how he lost his gun. His friends would zing him afterwards by setting him up on a suicide mission to redeem himself and then give him a fake bomb. They'd secretly video tape him trying to set the thing off. Then when he returns to their hideout, cave, whatever they'd play it back while everyone rips on him..
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blash
10/01/09

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Well, it's Skype... decrying this move as putting more crapware on our shipped OS's is like complaining if the vendor installed MS Office (not crappy works) for you for free, or even if Firefox or Chrome were installed for you. It's good software. IT professionals deploying across a fleet and power users like me will just go ahead and wipe off the shipped OS in favor of a clean/custom set up anyways.
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Nathan Obbards
10/01/09

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Am I alone in wondering why people are so obsessed with XP and stuck in using the interface?

When I hopped to Vista I thought the interface was superior, though it faced some issues. W7 is even nicer. The W7 RC is just beautiful to behold, why would you want to uglify it?
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OMG! Ponies!
05/06/09

In reply to DUPE Some Retail PCs May Not Support Windows 7's "XP Mode"
So the big complaint that people are having is that ZP virtualization will not run on older or less-powerful hardware and only affects upgraders? Do people have this same gripe that Leopard will not run on a PPC-chip?

I still prefer the wide range of hardware that successfully runs Windows to the narrow range of hardware that does not always successfully run OSX, especially given that the company that makes OSX also makes the hardware that is known to glitch up.
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Kaiser-Machead
04/29/09

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I suppose this will work out better for people who buy a new laptop/desktop for work but also need XP application compatibility. In an office setting, I can't imagine people finding any benefit in Win7 if their apps all still require XP. Sticking with XP would just prove the most logical choice to hold to, unless there's anything whatsoever in 7 that any business would actually see a great deal of benefit from.
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Serolf Divad
04/29/09

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Wow... so now Microsoft has figured out a way to sell me two expensive operating systems at one time? That's chutzpah.

Oh yeah... one more thing: does this mean that Microsoft has just extended the shelf life of XP? After all, where am I supposed to come up with a legal copy and license of XP SP3 if it's no longer being sold?
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BenCurry
04/29/09

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So you're telling me, because Microsoft can't build true backwards compatibility into their new OS I have to purchase a license of XP to achieve this? I was REALLY starting to get excited about Windows 7, but now things are getting crazy like only Microsoft can make it.
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russtophiles
04/29/09

@BenCurry: That's how I read it at first, but I think the article is saying that the free XP mode download CONSISTS of a licensed version of XP SP3, so you aren't having to buy a license for XP to use it in Win 7. If I'm wrong though, damn.
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madog
04/29/09

@russtophiles: Windows 7 includes a free dl of XP MODE.

The virtualization software is free, but you need an install disc with SP3. On it if this info is correct.
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GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE
04/29/09

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And what are the hardware requirements to run a second hard drive/partition with XP on it?
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