After RTM last week, Mode Windows XP to Windows 7 is available for download for MSDN and TechNet subscribers.
Microsoft announced last week that the Windows XP mode bound for Professional or Ultimate edition of Windows 7 has reached the status Release To Manufacturing. Free, this feature of virtualization is ready for October 22, 2009, when marketing official new operating system from Microsoft.
According to the findings of laboratory Supinfo Microsoft, the MSDN and TechNet subscribers have to wait until October 22, since for them to have access to the RTM version of Windows 7, Windows XP mode is available since yesterday .
Recall that the Windows XP mode is intended mainly for small and medium enterprises. With the technology base for Virtual PC, it can have a licensed operating system Windows XP SP3 virtual machine to run business applications on the desktop Windows 7. The Windows XP-compatible applications that have problems running under Windows 7 may well still be used.
Mode Windows XP based on the microprocessor, hence the need for virtualization features such as Intel Virtualization Technology (Intel VT-x) or AMD-V. We will publish shortly in our columns a test folder on the Windows XP mode of Windows 7.
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