I knew that Vista was available with the downgrade to XP, but this is the first I have heard of 7 being sold with the downgrade. My understanding was that XP can be installed as a virtual machine under 7 Pro, Ultimate or Enterprise (but you have to provide the media yourself since XP is no longer sold/supported).<br>
<br>Actually, it isn't altogether pointless, esp. when you consider that XP is the *only* desktop OS that MS has that is certified for secure systems (as in like for DOD and other sensitive branches of Govt.) and supposedly Vista wouldn't be finished with certified until either next year or even the 2012. So, if you needed to develop something secure for say the military on M$ now, you would need the downgrade.<br>
<br>Now that Balmer & Friends have announced the impending end to Vista in favor of 7, I don't know where the certification process stands. <br><br>GC<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Michael Trausch <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mike@trausch.us">mike@trausch.us</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">On Mon, 2010-05-17 at 15:55 -0400, Scott Castaline wrote:<br>
> Mike, it is the Professional version. The exact wording is and I quote<br>
> from the ad "Windows 7 Professional (Includes downgrade to Microsoft<br>
> Windows XP Professional).<br>
<br>
</div>Well, that's just bloody pointless then.<br>
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