http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/ Engadget Comments for XP Mode is ready, will be a free download on October 22 http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/Oct 2nd 2009 6:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/Oct 2nd 2009 6:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/Oct 2nd 2009 6:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/
Vista post-SP1 was a more stable/functional alternative. Now it's just silly.]]>Oct 2nd 2009 8:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/
Win 7 is the way to go]]>Oct 2nd 2009 8:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/Oct 2nd 2009 9:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/Oct 2nd 2009 9:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/
Thats hilarious. You obviously need to do other things with your computer than play games. If Vista post SP1 was in fact more stable, people would be using it in work environments more and they just arent. I know that i would not dare to subject anyone of my 100+ users to vista, you would have office shootings within a day.

Keep making stuff up though, good show.]]>Oct 2nd 2009 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/
I have a handful of friends and acquaintances that are running Vista successfully and with out major issues at their companies. Which most of those are support more than just 100+ users, with one around 10,000.

Vista hasn't gotten a bad stigma, sure it had some issues out of the gate, but in reality, it isn't nearly as bad of an OS as people make it out to be.

I know for us, we just weren't ready to do a major OS upgrade to our 4,000+ PCs when SP1 came out. Now with 7 being hot on the heals of Vista, and that we are now ready, there obviously is no point for us to go to Vista. ]]>Oct 2nd 2009 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/
That said, I am quite happy with Windows 7.]]>Oct 2nd 2009 5:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/Oct 3rd 2009 7:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/Oct 2nd 2009 12:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/Oct 2nd 2009 6:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/Oct 2nd 2009 6:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/Oct 2nd 2009 6:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/Oct 2nd 2009 6:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/Oct 2nd 2009 6:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/Oct 2nd 2009 7:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/Oct 2nd 2009 11:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/Oct 2nd 2009 7:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/Oct 2nd 2009 7:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/Oct 2nd 2009 7:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/
This move is just to appease businesses - the quicker they update their software or move to newer software - the better for them.

Home users shouldn't really care.]]>Oct 2nd 2009 8:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/Oct 2nd 2009 9:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/Oct 2nd 2009 9:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/http://ark.intel.com/VTList.aspx
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Screw you Microsoft and Intel >.]]>Oct 2nd 2009 4:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/Oct 2nd 2009 7:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/Oct 2nd 2009 7:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/
Intel Core 2 Quad:
http://ark.intel.com/ProductCollection.aspx?familyID=28398

Intel Core 2 Duo:
http://ark.intel.com/ProductCollection.aspx?familyID=26547

or if you want to look at another processor family, check out their info page:
http://ark.intel.com/]]>Oct 2nd 2009 7:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/Oct 2nd 2009 8:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/
@Akinwale I meant processor 'virtualisation', not 'visualisation', which mbentley and poke explained :)

@richb93 I've done it on the beta, which was simple process. Getting the virtual hard drive is as easy as extracting the installer like a zip, importing the virtual hard drive into new virtual machine, and installing Virtualbox tools for all the drivers ;)]]>Oct 2nd 2009 4:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/Oct 2nd 2009 7:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/Oct 2nd 2009 7:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/]]>Oct 2nd 2009 9:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/Oct 2nd 2009 11:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/Oct 2nd 2009 7:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/Oct 2nd 2009 3:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/Oct 2nd 2009 7:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/XPMode provides you with an XP license.]]>Oct 2nd 2009 9:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/Oct 2nd 2009 10:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/Oct 2nd 2009 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/Oct 2nd 2009 8:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/
As for the requirement of hardware virtualization, its probably a usability/stability thing. Get Virtual PC 2007 or some other VM host that allows you to run hardware VM support off and on. Run the VM with it turned on, then shut it down and turn off hardware VM support. You will notice a huge difference in VM responsiveness.

The only thing I am not liking about the WinXP mode in Win 7 is that they have completely dumbed down the interface from even Virtual PC 2007 which is even more dumbed down from something like VM Ware 2 server, ESXi, or Hyper-V. Hopefully the RTM version of Virtual PC for Win7 has an advanced mode that the beta was sorely lacking.]]>Oct 2nd 2009 9:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/02/xp-mode-is-ready-will-be-a-free-download-on-october-22/Win9x still booted from DOS 7. It was cut down yes, but it was still DOS. Press ESC when the clouds come up and there it was in all it's glory. You don't remember "command prompt only" and ""Restart the computer in MS-DOS mode"? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/138996
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