Release Notes Published for Windows Virtual PC [Windows 7]
Apr 30th, 2009 by MrGroove
Plenty of new discussion about the new Microsoft Virtual PC features of Windows 7 and this morning I noticed several new documents on microsoftPost.com which Microsoft apparently is releasing in preparation for the May 5th launch.
If you’ve not heard yet, Microsoft is making a big deal out of what they call Windows XP mode. Essentially Windows XP mode will be executable from the Start menu of Windows 7 and allow you to easily run an XP box from Windows 7. Nothing really new there but I think for the general Windows user this will be new cool “Black Magic”. I personally would prefer that they made Windows 7 backward compatible with applications and drivers however, I think this is a good alternative.
In regards to how Windows 7 Virtual PC differs from Virtual PC 2007, here’s a breakdown which compares the 2 products (taken from the Windows Virtual PC FEATURES page:
Anyway, back to my original thought, here’s a list of the new Windows Virtual PC documents made available this morning:
What’s your thoughts about Windows Virtual PC?
Tags: download, Microsoft, release-notes, windows-7, windows-virtual-pc
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seriously looking forward to more windows 7 articles.
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I don’t play video games but, i’ll comment that yes, they do look VERY similar! Very funny!
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