There is a lot of hype this week about Windows 7. Living in the Pacific NW, the echo chamber for the hype is even louder. Still, I read this article today from Chip Bit that surprised me. See, for some of my colleagues, the number one issue with Vista was the complete and shockingly widespread incompatibility with so many programs and drivers.

In fairness, Microsoft had to do this. Dead weight. MS already had a bloated OS that was continuously backward compatible with most everything ever made for Windows 95 and up. This seemed like a hopeless strategy. It made the OS slow and constantly prone to attack. So it was rumored that backward compatibility would have to be addressed. I guess this is how they do it:

“Because from a compatibility standpoint, if it works on Vista, it will work on Windows 7. If it doesn’t work on Vista, it won’t work on Windows 7.”

That’s lame. But from another source the story continues that MS is offering a virtual environment for XP software. If you buy the right version of Windows 7. So there you go. That is the fix. If you were waiting for Microsoft to come out with something that would work with your novel piece of software from Windows 98, you can use it in a virtual environment on 7. If you were waiting for Microsoft to make a novel piece of software…well, hold onto your copy of XP and we’ll see. 

 

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