Posted on 09/30/2009 10:48:19 PM PDT by JoeProBono
Microsoft unveiled the details of the Windows 7 logo program today. The requirements for earning the Windows 7 compatibility label are stricter this time around--partially to boost support and acceptance of 64-bit systems, and partially to avoid the pitfalls Microsoft encountered with the Vista logo program.
The Windows 7 logo program beefs up the testing requirements, while reducing the red tape and expense it takes for partners and vendors to certify their products as compatible. Products that achieve the Windows 7 logo certification should perform optimally and experience minimal crashes, reboots or other issues.
There is a key change from past Windows compatibility programs. According to this Windows 7 blog post, "To be granted the Logo, products are tested to work with all versions of Windows 7 including 64-bit.
This is an important change since 64 bit systems are becoming more mainstream." Microsoft also claims to have engaged partners earlier in the operating system development process to ensure they had sufficient time to develop and test Windows 7 compatible products.
The first of many mistakes with the launch of Windows Vista was the widespread lack of compatible drivers for critical devices like printers.
(Excerpt) Read more at pcworld.com ...
If Vista won’t support XP stuff, will Win 7 support both? Or, will ya have to buy new printers, etc all over again?
The first of many mistakes with the launch of Windows Vista was the widespread lack of compatible drivers for critical devices like printers.
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I don’t get it, why even change the device model? Why not keep compatibility with ALL XP devices?
Don’t bet the rent money on this, but it is my understanding that 7 will support a ‘virtual XP” environment, if you have the extra memory and hard disk space to support it.
I’ve been using Windows 7 since January. There is no special “window” to run XP programs in, Win 7 is backwards compatible, just like Vista was.
Hey, you can do that with a Mac!
What a concept.
Gee, why didn’t Microcrap do that with XP for previous versions of windows, would have save a bunch of people mucho de niro in the form of printers, scanners, graphic accelerators, sound cards, etc, etc.
GREED
Do you have Win 7 Home Premium? I too had heard that Win 7 would have an XP window. I went to Microsoft’w website tonight and on their ‘compare the versions’ page for Win 7, supposedly Win 7 Pro and Win 7 Ultimate do not have the ability to run ‘many xp programs’ (microsoft’s phrasing so they can weasel out if your XP programs don’t run) but that Home Premium does not support XP programs.
Here’s the ‘compare the versions’ page I referred to:http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/compare-editions/default.aspx
I heard MSFT does not include it in the lower end versions of Windows 7. MSFT will screw it up again. Just bring back XP and XP Pro.
LOL, I kind of suspected that. Particularly still pissed about having to give up my legal paper size perfectly functioning HP scanner. HP said no problems running it with XP, they lied. Myself and several thousand HP scanner users can attest to that.
If that is the case then it will be another failure like Vitsa. They should have kept XP and XP Pro.
MSFT is a major fail like Obama.
What’s your perspective, roamer?
Hmmmm
I think I have one of those . . . it won’t run with Win 7?
Well hopefully. I don't think the beta does though. Perhaps they can virtually make the software at least as good as XP is. lol
I don't think devices should be an issue in 7... well, I hope not.
I have the beta copy of Ultimate. It simply is not true that it won’t run XP programs. Heck I am running Photoshop 5.5 which was before Windows 98SE and it is running fine.
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