Windows 7's Virtual XP Mode a Support Nightmare? 413
CWmike writes "Microsoft's decision to let Windows 7 users run Windows XP applications in a virtual machine may have been necessary to convince people to upgrade, but it could also create support nightmares, analysts said today. Gartner analyst Michael Silver outlines the downsides. 'You'll have to support two versions of Windows,' he said. 'Each needs to be secured, antivirused, firewalled and patched. If a company has 10,000 PCs, that's 20,000 instances of Windows.' The other big problem Silver foresees: Making sure the software they run is compatible with Windows 7. 'This is a great Band-Aid, but companies need to heal their applications,' Silver said. 'They'll be doing themselves a disservice if, because of XPM, they're not making sure that all their apps support Windows 7.'"
Since when does anyone take Gartner seriously? (Score:5, Funny)
Fear and doubt...doubt and fear.... Our two weapons are fear and doubt...and ruthless uncertainty.
Needs fixing (Score:2, Funny)
When has [anyone] ever released an OS that wasn't a support nightmare [when it's actually put in the hands of users]?
All better now?
Leave kdwason ALOEN,just leave k ALONE (Score:2, Funny)
Just leeeave kdawson alooone. Leave k aloneeee!!!!!!!!!
Re:Since when does anyone take Gartner seriously? (Score:3, Funny)
Dual OS like Dual Core? (Score:5, Funny)
So when Intel and AMD couldn't increase the speed of their processors any more, they decided to introduce dual core chips. Does this mean that Microsoft has decided they couldn't slow down computers any more with Windows 7 and is now planning on shipping a dual OS system to ensure slow performance?
Re:This is M$ we are talking about. (Score:2, Funny)
One time it spilled coffee all over my desk. That was the last time I trusted it.
Re:Pardon me... (Score:4, Funny)
Obviously you've never been Rochambeaued by Steve Jobs.
Re:Pardon me... (Score:5, Funny)
Yes.
Re: (Score:3, Funny)
You seem to understand virtualization just fine.
Re:Yes but ... (Score:3, Funny)
I mean, wow. HOLY SHIT! Some guy hacked OS X in a contest! My fucking god, OS X's security must be TERRIBLE compared to Windows'! The fact that some guy managed to hack an OS X box PROVES it!
Because that's totally not the point that Mac fanboys wheel out every time someone demonstrates a proof-of-concept Windows exploit. Or was that your point? Sorry, I'm not on form today, think I might have flying pig flu...
Re:Yes but ... (Score:2, Funny)
What use is an internet built entirely of clients?
Sharing pirated music, pirated Windows, Linux distros, and porn over Bittorrent?
That's the first use that comes to my mind.