Post: Start from the ground up..
Start from the ground up.. →
Posted Wednesday 23rd January 2008 16:37 GMT
In Will Microsoft parachute Windows 7 in early?
..is what Microsoft need to do with the next version of Windows.
Rebuild everything, so they end up with a very streamlined OS with non of the legacy support included.
To provide 'legacy support', they should provide application level virtualisation - so every old application runs in its own virtual machine.
They'd need to aim it at a similar 'recommended' spec as Vista (or less if not using legacy support).
Sure, it'd cost us an extra 2-5gig diskspace for the 'virtual XP', but it'd be worth it.
Spend 5 years doing that and we'll all be happy.
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