XP mode on W7 pro.

[amdolev]

Here's a thing. I thought W7 different versions would be like the vista. No real difference but the name. And true, there isn't much between them except you get some kind of an XP mode, for backward competabilty.
Can anyone tell me a bit about that?

I'm asking because i chose the vista home-premium with a coupon for a W7-H.P. , and I'm losing that feature. Is there any way to get a W7 proffesional serial instead of a H.P. one? :)
I can't believe i skipped on a 35$ upgrade and will have to get a full 200$ serial now.

[NasGhost]

XP mode is basically a virtualized Windows XP. Its not really integrated into the OS ( you need to and download it from MS ), but it offers a free Windows XP experience. Also, in using it, you can tell the OS has been tweaked a little bit to fit the fact that it is a virtualized OS. Though I must say, the only reason I could see someone needing it is for legacy applications, most of which will run on Vista/7. Its not really worth that $35 upgrade IMHO.

[amdolev]

Is there anything better between the H.P, prof. and ulti. in terms of hardware utiliztion or optimized performence?

I've never used the Vista, or any 64-bit OS in my life, so i don't really know what to expect.

[NasGhost]

Is there anything better between the H.P, prof. and ulti. in terms of hardware utiliztion or optimized performence?

I've never used the Vista, or any 64-bit OS in my life, so i don't really know what to expect.
Not really; MS is generally pretty good about versions; HP is for home users, Pro is for professionals, and Ultimate is for home users who want it all, though to be honest, they dont really get too much. The only things I can think of that you are missing as far as the versions other than XP mode are...EFS, Bitlocker, and a few other things I cant remember.

As for bit-width, the only thing end users really need to know is that 64-bit allows them to use more than 4GB of ram. Its application is much more...useful per say....in the areas of number crunching, data calculation, programming and the like. Its the kind of stuff that software engineers and programmers want ( though, it will of course have other uses ).

[powerpack]

The difference for the most part is. Professional and ultimate connecting to a "server" based network. Which is important to some. HP and Ultimate have added multi media features. Pro does not. Ultimate has all.

I have HP but never use the features. Do you need server connection that would make Pro needed? This is back since XP.

Pro has networking features and HP has multi media. What is the choice? Ultimate has both.

[amdolev]

Server connection? not really... I'll usually just use a remote desktop, but I believe that feature won't be missing from the H.P
...and if it will, I'll just get PCanywhere...
Perhaps it would be cheaper to arrange dual-boot with my old xp??

[fault]

Really, there is barely any need for XP mode. 99.9999% of programs work on 7 that did in XP. I have only run into 1 program that didnt work, it was some stupid networking program, and that I had to run in xp mode, but otherwise, everything is compatable.

[amdolev]

thanks, fault :)