Comments on: Family Pack Pricing: The only Windows 7 price I care about http://www.winextra.com/tech/software/family-pack-pricing-the-only-windows-7-price-i-care-about/ Satisfying Your Inner Nerd Mon, 21 May 2012 04:20:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: felix http://www.winextra.com/tech/software/family-pack-pricing-the-only-windows-7-price-i-care-about/comment-page-1/#comment-383 felix Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:40:06 +0000 http://www.winextra.com/index.php/2009/07/31/family-pack-pricing-the-only-windows-7-price-i-care-about/#comment-383 Steve, don't you understand? Those DVDs are a limited resource, Microsoft can't just make as many as they want of them. Jeez. Steve, don't you understand? Those DVDs are a limited resource, Microsoft can't just make as many as they want of them. Jeez.

]]> By: Arni Vidar http://www.winextra.com/tech/software/family-pack-pricing-the-only-windows-7-price-i-care-about/comment-page-1/#comment-379 Arni Vidar Sun, 02 Aug 2009 04:03:56 +0000 http://www.winextra.com/index.php/2009/07/31/family-pack-pricing-the-only-windows-7-price-i-care-about/#comment-379 Well thanks for clarifying that for me. I had figured that XP Mode was just the normal Win98 Compatibility Mode thingie that's been in XP and Vista for ages.<br>However, having played with the Virtual XP thingie in W7, and since I run a number of programs at work that do not work in 7 (or 64bit, or both), and thus work with the same programs at home, I'll have to stick with my original comment... *I* couldn't live without the XP Mode. But I bet most normal users could live just fine without it. :) Well thanks for clarifying that for me. I had figured that XP Mode was just the normal Win98 Compatibility Mode thingie that's been in XP and Vista for ages.
However, having played with the Virtual XP thingie in W7, and since I run a number of programs at work that do not work in 7 (or 64bit, or both), and thus work with the same programs at home, I'll have to stick with my original comment… *I* couldn't live without the XP Mode. But I bet most normal users could live just fine without it. :)

]]> By: StevenHodson http://www.winextra.com/tech/software/family-pack-pricing-the-only-windows-7-price-i-care-about/comment-page-1/#comment-172 StevenHodson Sat, 01 Aug 2009 12:42:11 +0000 http://www.winextra.com/index.php/2009/07/31/family-pack-pricing-the-only-windows-7-price-i-care-about/#comment-172 I think you might have the wrong idea about XP Mode thing Arni :) The only thing that XP Mode does is let you run a virtual copy of XP. which you can do without having to hand over any extra money - especially if you already have a licensed copy.<br><br>give these a read for a bit of a better understanding - <a href="http://wildermuth.com/2009/07/25/Windows_7_-_XP_Mode_Walkthrough" rel="nofollow">http://wildermuth.com/2009/07/25/Windows_7_-_XP...</a> <br><br><a href="http://lifehacker.com/5245396/set-up-and-use-xp-mode-in-windows-7" rel="nofollow">http://lifehacker.com/5245396/set-up-and-use-xp...</a><br><br>Personally I see very many cases outside of business where this would be a requirement that can not be filled by downloading Virtual PC from Microsoft and using your already licensed copy of XP. I think you might have the wrong idea about XP Mode thing Arni :) The only thing that XP Mode does is let you run a virtual copy of XP. which you can do without having to hand over any extra money – especially if you already have a licensed copy.

give these a read for a bit of a better understanding – http://wildermuth.com/2009/07/25/Windows_7_-_XP…

http://lifehacker.com/5245396/set-up-and-use-xp…

Personally I see very many cases outside of business where this would be a requirement that can not be filled by downloading Virtual PC from Microsoft and using your already licensed copy of XP.

]]> By: Arni Vidar http://www.winextra.com/tech/software/family-pack-pricing-the-only-windows-7-price-i-care-about/comment-page-1/#comment-169 Arni Vidar Sat, 01 Aug 2009 03:54:40 +0000 http://www.winextra.com/index.php/2009/07/31/family-pack-pricing-the-only-windows-7-price-i-care-about/#comment-169 As much as I might agree with you that the Home version should be enough, losing the XP compatibility mode might get annoying quickly. As much as I might agree with you that the Home version should be enough, losing the XP compatibility mode might get annoying quickly.

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