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Story: Windows 7 will have 'XP mode'

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Posted by: Mark (Monday 27 April 2009, 1:46 PM)

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It looks like it's just pre-installed/configured 'Vitual PC'. Instead...

...why not use Linux and VirtualBox to run XP?

It's a lot cheaper, and probably a lot more stable.

Better still, if you're a business, just stick with XP until you need to fully migrate up to Linux.

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