MS, Intel "Goofed Up" Win 7 XP Virtualization

clang_jangle writes "Ars Technica has a short article up describing how Microsoft and Intel have 'goofed up' Windows 7's XP Mode by ensuring many PCs will not be able to use it. (And it won't be easy to figure out in advance if your PC is one of them.) Meanwhile, over at Infoworld, Redmond is criticized for having the 'right idea, wrong technology' with their latest compatibility scheme, and PC World says 'great idea, on paper.' With Windows 7 due to be released in 2010, and Redmond apparently eager to move on from XP, perhaps this is not really a 'goof' at all?"

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Re:Difficult?

[Blakey Rat]

It's really a non-issue, though... now that Intel knows about this, they'll ensure all their new product lines include the virtualization support because it's now obvious that tons of corporate users who previously didn't care will now care. Since they have something like 6 months until Windows 7 is even released, and it'll be at least another 6 months before companies begin shopping for hardware based on Windows 7, I think there's plenty of time to fix their bad decision.

If Intel can't get their shit together in a full year, then they deserve to lose all the marketshare they're likely to lose. Meanwhile, AMD already has their shit together, so if you're primarily buying AMD chips, you're taken care of.

And somehow, Slashdot manages to blame this all on Microsoft.