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A Mixed Review For Windows 7's XP Mode

Posted by timothy on from the weak-solution dept.

The Register writes "If one thing excited people more than the disclosure of the Windows 7 Release Candidate's availability, it was the news of Windows 7 XP Mode. The Reg's Tim Anderson gave Windows XP Mode a mixed report in his review of the Windows 7/Virtual PC combo. Overall, the level of integration is excellent and Windows XP Mode showed strong potential. However, responsiveness of applications was sluggish and the seamless integration between Windows 7 and XP proved confusing."

7 of 137 comments (clear)

  1. Re:As pointelss as... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's often strange how one thing will remind us of another completely unrelated thing. The human mind is a confusing beast.

  2. Windows gives you the what? by ignavus · · Score: 4, Funny

    If one thing exited people

    I don't think that phrase means what you think it means...

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  3. This is familiar.. by Bandman · · Score: 5, Funny

    It sounds like OS X with the OS 9 compatibility layer...

    Except for the part where OS 9 wasn't better than OS X

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  4. Re:I wish I could run Ubuntu 9.04 in 8.10 mode. by Brian+Gordon · · Score: 3, Funny

    What, now?

  5. Re:I must not understand what they're trying to do by Windowser · · Score: 2, Funny

    Did you even read the article?

    You mean, we are supposed to read it ?

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  6. Re:What's missing? by IntlHarvester · · Score: 4, Funny

    Reply to self:

    Notably the popular program Internet Explorer 6.0.

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  7. Re:I must not understand what they're trying to do by TechForensics · · Score: 2, Funny

    You must be new here.

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