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Ms - for people who NEED XP - what about XP mode on W10
Hi there
For some people XP is still a necessary OS -- lots of hideously expensive lab gear / construction stuff etc runs on dedicated XP systems. A lot of this hardware has life times over 20 - 50 years for example so is not quickly replaced - and the original manufacturers have either long since been taken over or gone out of business.
Now if Ms released an XP mode that would run on W10 - it would help in getting some of these old dinosaurs away from XP on really ancient computers. Plus they could gain some money in some sort of consultancy services.
Currently some people switch to VM's but that usually requires some I.T expertise and at enterprise level of course paying a (not insubstantial) fee to people like VMWARE.
Ms could "Muscle in" on this market and be ready when its time to actually upgrade the hardware.
Cheers
jimbo