Maybe nothing, but in terms of weaning enterprise level clients off XP, this was one of the reasons...Don't know if it was universal, but this looks to be a move in the right direction.  That is, making it easy to port your old software...for example, my guys use alot of autocad full version, and the cost are astronomical, so having to buy all new stuff would be painful as shit...there are several other examples.  Also, I have a Gateway FX (Using right now to type this message), and it pisses me off, since the darn computer didn’t' want to play nice with me running XP.  So, if this had existed and was easily done, I should be able to install 7, and run my XP stuff, np.  Now, you're right, we need more details, but so far so good, imho.

M$ FTW!!! Windows 7 will be HUGE!

Really good news. When's window 7 fully releasing??

I'm running build 7068 in a dual boot with Vista and Windows 7 rocks. It's already more stable than Vista, easier to use, less buggy and so far I've only had 1 thing that didn't run it and let me tell you I HATED having to go back to Vista to run it. Luckily the offending software was patched and it now works in Win7 so I really have no reason to go back to Vista.

I wasn't a Vista hater but it did have a few bugs that were a total nuisance and so far Windows 7 doesn't have any issues at all.

I've been beta testing Windows 7 since day one of public beta, and I think it's excellent. I will be installing RC1 on May 5th as well, and am already sold on a retail copy.

With the Windows XP thing, it should be mentioned (unless I missed it somewhere in the thread) that you don't even need a separate partition to do this. It will run right inside of Windows 7.

Making major performance improvements under the hood, making the beta open to anyone who wanted it, and now building XP virtualization into the OS have been very very very smart moves on Microsoft's part. And you can take it from someone who knows Windows 7 pretty well now--you will not be disappointed by this OS if you choose to buy it. It's quite good.

Getting the XP license with it is a pretty big deal as well.

Does the price of xp included in the Windows 7, too?

Nice, hopefully this will help give work more incentive to can the Vista computers and jump everything else straight to 7.

yay it's alive!.

all patched up but alive!.

MS lost my trust when my brand new PC running on Vista wouldnt stop crashing