EnglishWindows 7 XP Mode loses hardware requirement
Microsoft recognized that the vast majority of its customer-base still relies on the legacy Windows XP operating system, and wanted to give those customers incentive to upgrade to Windows 7 by providing a means of maintaining backward compatibility.
Unfortunately, there were two significant catches to taking advantage of XP Mode. The first catch was that the computer hardware that Windows 7 and Windows XP Mode were installed on must support hardware-assisted virtualization. The hardware virtualization requirement led to confusion and backlash from frustrated users hoping to take advantage of XP Mode.
"Microsoft recognized that the vast majority of its customer-base still relies on the legacy Windows XP operating system, and wanted to give those customers incentive to upgrade to Windows 7 by providing a means of maintaining backward compatibility.
Unfortunately, there were two significant catches to taking advantage of XP Mode. The first catch was that the computer hardware that Windows 7 and Windows XP Mode were installed on must support hardware-assisted virtualization. The hardware virtualization requirement led to confusion and backlash from frustrated users hoping to take advantage of XP Mode..."
