What's the benefit of Intel Virtualisation....

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I've just turned it on in the BIOS of my T60 ThinkPad running XP Pro on a
T7400 CPU.

I just wondered did I do the right thing? I notice no difference and it's
off by default. I don't run any VMs. I wondered if any of the knowledgeable
posters here could give me a clue about whether I should have it on or off,
and why.

TYVMIA,
 
I've just turned it on in the BIOS of my T60 ThinkPad running XP Pro on a
T7400 CPU.

I just wondered did I do the right thing? I notice no difference and it's
off by default. I don't run any VMs. I wondered if any of the knowledgeable
posters here could give me a clue about whether I should have it on or off,
and why.

TYVMIA,
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It would be useful if you had win7 installed
and wanted to run XP within it.

For more info

just do a Google search
 
It would be useful if you had win7 installed
and wanted to run XP within it.

For more info

just do a Google search
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Isn't 7 fairly compatible with most well behaved XP programs anyways? Whats
the purpose of running a Virtual XP inside 7?
 
Isn't 7 fairly compatible with most well behaved XP programs anyways? Whats
the purpose of running a Virtual XP inside 7?
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For the stuff that falls in the range from "fairly" to "perfectly"
compatible.[/QUOTE]
Seriously, what types of programs are we really talking here that arent
compatible??? Maybe a few games. But i cannot see any decent apps that are Xp
compatible that wouldnt run on 7?
 
Seriously, what types of programs are we really talking here that arent
compatible??? Maybe a few games. But i cannot see any decent apps that are Xp
compatible that wouldnt run on 7?
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Though most recent apps should run fine on Win7

there are plenty of folks that still like to run their older apps

and why not?[/QUOTE]
Older as in Windows 2000, ME, 98 etc?????? Then why emulate XP or is it that
gives you its backwards compatibility that is built in for those os's
 
Seriously, what types of programs are we really talking here that arent
compatible??? Maybe a few games. But i cannot see any decent apps that are Xp
compatible that wouldnt run on 7?
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Visual Basic 6 does not work well on Windows 7 64-bit, but works find in
Windows XP Mode.[/QUOTE]
OK, i can see that useage then, running some older games and 32bit apps under
XP mode, whilst keeping Windows 7 in 64bit for anything current and forward.

Thanks for the explanation.
 
Older as in Windows 2000, ME, 98 etc?????? Then why emulate XP or is it that
gives you its backwards compatibility that is built in for those os's
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Why is it so inconceivable that an application might run well in XP, but
not Windows 7?[/QUOTE]
Not inconceiveable, but less likely than an old Windows 95/98/ME app having
problems with XP.

XP and Vista and 7 are very similar.
 
GMAN said:
Not inconceiveable, but less likely than an old Windows 95/98/ME app having
problems with XP.

XP and Vista and 7 are very similar.
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It's more conceivable, if a program doesn't use regular APIs in the OS.
The staff at Adobe like to do stuff under the blankets for Photoshop.
If you have an old version of Photoshop, perhaps it works better
in one environment than the other.

Paul
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