[ale] OT "1 step forward, 2 steps back"

[Preston Boyington]

mmm... not sure about that.  while I haven't used Win7, someone 
mentioned that it had some kind of VM way of doing 'compatibility mode'.

I would be concerned about the hardware compatibility with modern/near 
future with WinXP* if people are thinking about a unit to upgrade over 
the next few years.

*from cursory reading it seems that hard drives and other parts will not 
(purposely) be compatible with XP.


Calvin Harrigan wrote:
> Software compatibility?
> 
> On 5/17/2010 3:13 PM, Scott Castaline wrote:
>> Just saw an ad for MicroCenter on their PowerSpec line which includes
>> Window$7 (supposedly a step forward from Vista) that includes a
>> downgrade to Window$XP (hence the 2 steps back). I thought that 7 was
>> what everybody "envisioned" and Micro$haft listened. So why the 2 steps
>> back if it's supposed to be so good?