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Intention or just a MS way?
Can anyone tell me what was the ONE operating system related thing Microsoft had actually managed to take from an idea to a product that would work as promised?

This is either done or purpose to force people to transit to the System 7, or just another example of haste and fix-it-quickly thinking in Microsoft since Vista was rejected. Or has it started when OS X came around?

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Intention or just a MS way?  kitko | 05/04/09
RE: Intention or just a MS way?  MarkKB | 05/04/09
Your points are valid, but...  GoodThings2Life | 05/04/09
Management  LiquidLearner | 05/04/09
Point 3 Outweighs Everything  daengbo | 05/05/09
It seems to me that most of your points...  JoeMama_z | 05/04/09
XP Mode is turning out to be great on paper...  Stuka | 05/04/09
Who cares if it has access to the host OS?  LiquidLearner | 05/04/09
RE: Who cares if it has access to the host OS?  shinji257 | 06/03/09
Need a valium, Adrian?  croberts | 05/04/09
Drop the legacy baggage...  Eriamjh | 05/04/09
Drop the legacy baggage...  msuper69 | 05/04/09
Are you kidding me??  kaninelupus | 05/24/09
RE: Drop the legacy baggage...  shinji257 | 06/03/09
RE: Verdict: XP Mode gets an F  gertruded | 05/04/09
XP mode is not intended to be a comprehensive virtualization solution.  ye | 05/04/09
I agree  Badgered | 05/04/09
How does it run apps ...  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 05/04/09
So for what it's intended to do it earns?  ye | 05/04/09
Why is Adrian missing the obvious?  LiquidLearner | 05/04/09
That's a huge assumption  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 05/04/09
It's a very reasonable assumption.  ye | 05/04/09
Depending on network equipment in use  LiquidLearner | 05/04/09
Hold the phone a sec....  Wolfie2K3 | 05/04/09
Hyper-V is now free as well...  ShadowGIATL | 05/04/09
Dont worry Bout These People  LegendsOfBatman | 05/05/09
Not just an assumption  wolftalamasca | 05/05/09
Speaking of classic,,,  Intellihence | 05/04/09
That went away in 2003  j.m.galvin | 05/04/09
If you have the necessary drivers what's preventing someone from...  ye | 05/04/09
A Small Difference, Though...  WarhavenSC | 05/04/09
Exactly  bobiroc | 05/04/09
Speaking of irrelevant  compudog | 05/05/09
ehh??  kaninelupus | 05/24/09
Works fantastic  October16 | 06/05/09
When I read about XP mode I thought: excellent idea, poor execution  markbn | 05/04/09
Gotta nit one point.  TripleII | 05/04/09
Number 3 is the real killer.  T1Oracle | 05/04/09
agree with F grade  shogundaimyo | 05/04/09
Apple's Rosetta  Harry Bardal | 05/04/09
You just don't get it  Joe_Raby | 05/04/09
Maybe you do get it....  Joe_Raby | 05/04/09
RE: Verdict: XP Mode gets an F  Loverock Davidson | 05/04/09
Is 'XP Mode' better than VirtualBox?: No  no_zd_user_name | 05/04/09
Why?  sombertattoo | 05/04/09
If you know what you are doing  no_zd_user_name | 05/05/09
Why... Just why  bobiroc | 05/05/09
RE: Why... Just why  shinji257 | 06/03/09
Except  LiquidLearner | 05/04/09
Aren't you supposed to own an XP license?  no_zd_user_name | 05/05/09
No XP license required  AMS-Ray | 06/02/09
Well put (nt)  October16 | 06/05/09
I can  no_zd_user_name | 05/05/09
RE: I can  shinji257 | 06/03/09
Perhaps you can...  October16 | 06/05/09
I agree, and VDI are available in the internet...  shogundaimyo | 05/05/09
XP has it's place  joe.smetona@... | 05/04/09
Installed Windows 7 today...  no_zd_user_name | 05/04/09
....  n0neXn0ne | 05/04/09
It is not slower  NStalnecker | 05/04/09
I agree they need to quit the lies  DonBurnett | 05/04/09
Wrong. Give both 512MB of RAM and then compare  no_zd_user_name | 05/05/09
Who in 2009 has 1 gig or less of ram these days  DonBurnett | 05/05/09
1 gig or less  davidr69 | 05/05/09
XP is happy with 512MB, you can even use 256 in a pinch  no_zd_user_name | 05/05/09
Over ruled  bobiroc | 05/05/09
Denied  NStalnecker | 05/05/09
You can't handle the truth (Jack Nicholson)  no_zd_user_name | 05/05/09
@ Deitrich...2002?  bobiroc | 05/05/09
Ammo!  no_zd_user_name | 05/05/09
Re: Ammo  bobiroc | 05/05/09
Attention to all the RAM Whiners  bobiroc | 05/05/09
Those who are comparing XP are the MAJORITY.  no_zd_user_name | 05/05/09
Well  bobiroc | 05/05/09
Yay, another RAM whiner  NStalnecker | 05/05/09
Uh.. XP Mode is a FREE download for Win 7 Pro, Enterprise and Ultimate...  Wolfie2K3 | 05/05/09
I'm guessing that his point is that ...  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 05/05/09
You are correct, Mr. OM!  no_zd_user_name | 05/05/09
Windows 7 Home Edition & VirtualBox & Windows XP license?  eljay001 | 05/05/09
He is not gonna see that  bobiroc | 05/05/09
You aren't a moron. You are just 'ignorant'.  no_zd_user_name | 05/05/09
Your Opinion  bobiroc | 05/05/09
Cost of moving XP into a VM: $0  no_zd_user_name | 05/05/09
Prove that its legal  bobiroc | 05/05/09
Is Ghosting Illegal? No. Is 'dd over ssh' illegal? No.  no_zd_user_name | 05/05/09
Ghosting Illegal  bobiroc | 05/05/09
Thick as a Brick. EULA  no_zd_user_name | 05/05/09
XP doesn't have virtualization licensing  shinji257 | 06/03/09
XP Mode Free?  toml_12953 | 05/05/09
You CAN  no_zd_user_name | 05/05/09
Missing the point  bobiroc | 05/05/09
I see  no_zd_user_name | 05/05/09
Here you are again  bobiroc | 05/05/09
You still don't get it.  no_zd_user_name | 05/05/09
Who said anything about aquiring?  bobiroc | 05/05/09
Now you are making things up  no_zd_user_name | 05/05/09
Dietrich - Making things up?  bobiroc | 05/05/09
Now you are shooting blanks  no_zd_user_name | 05/05/09
RE: Shooting Blanks  bobiroc | 05/05/09
@Bob  SpikeyMike | 06/02/09
HAh Hah HAH!!  kaninelupus | 05/24/09
OSX?  SamCPP | 05/04/09
No, there aren't a lot of applications that don't play well with Vista  Lerianis | 05/04/09
Vista Compatibility  bobiroc | 05/04/09
what are you guys thinking, do more research before you alarm people  DonBurnett | 05/04/09
Suggestion for future Story  DonBurnett | 05/04/09
F is acceptable.....  Dealing | 05/04/09
runnable  DonBurnett | 05/04/09
Long blog and the only point is in the last part. Switch to Linux and Mac..  transposeIT | 05/05/09
Child!  randomnoise | 05/05/09
hmmm  DonBurnett | 05/05/09
have to agree  kaninelupus | 05/24/09
Ha ha ha..as if the world ran on Adrian's views!!!  vmhatre | 06/02/09
If you are in the enterprise windows mode is not for you  msanda_77@... | 05/05/09
I'd give it an A, maybe  jreuter | 05/05/09
XP mode: more like OS/2's VDM  davidr69 | 05/05/09
RE: Verdict: XP Mode gets an F  johnroberts_abroad | 05/05/09
RE: Verdict: XP Mode gets an F  seberbach@... | 05/05/09
Greed Drives Microsoft  dhamilt01@... | 05/06/09
Sick of the forcing  bobiroc | 05/06/09
Well said...  vmhatre | 06/02/09
Millions??  kaninelupus | 05/24/09
FreeDOS is modern  cgarrett | 06/02/09
Do I know you?  mswift@... | 06/02/09
Time to move on!!  kaninelupus | 05/24/09
Missing the point.  CobraA1 | 06/01/09
A few weeks ago, I said more or less what you are now saying  TonyOz | 06/02/09
I mostly agree...  Narg | 06/02/09
RE: Verdict: XP Mode gets an F  frj111@... | 06/02/09
RE: Verdict: XP Mode gets an F  hardknoxfirst | 06/02/09
RE: Verdict: XP Mode gets an F  Bitzie | 06/02/09
LOL - Failure to be VMware compatible  wellduh | 06/02/09
RE: Verdict: XP Mode gets an F  wellduh | 06/02/09
I don't think you understand  sumanchakrabarti | 06/03/09
You missed the point of XP mode.  shinji257 | 06/03/09
IT support nightmare  stenman@... | 06/09/09

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