If you have some application software that is incompatible with Vista (and there is quite a bit out there), then there is some hope that Windows 7 will let you get on with your work.  The new Windows 7 OS will, if you go through a number of hoops and hurdles, let you operate XP compatible software within a virtual environment (Windows Virtual PC) in a virtual operating system (Windows XP Mode).  There is a catch, of course, you will need to have either the Windows 7 Professional or Ultimate versions.

This may be the result of Microsoft realising that they could be faced with another Vista fiasco, if they didn’t do something to make it possible to run older apps.  I think the expression is “enlightened self interest”.

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