"Something likely to hold up use of XP Mode is the shortage of PCs whose
motherboards can run virtualized software.
Woodgate [Microsoft] said the company also "felt pretty good" about performance
of XP Mode on new PCs and old systems "with the right hardware".
Windows XP Mode was released to testing in April, and The Reg found that
integration of XP applications with W 7 was patchy while legacy versions of
Office responded slowly in the virtualized world that ran inside W 7."
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/04/windows_xp_mode_release_candidate/
motherboards can run virtualized software.
Woodgate [Microsoft] said the company also "felt pretty good" about performance
of XP Mode on new PCs and old systems "with the right hardware".
Windows XP Mode was released to testing in April, and The Reg found that
integration of XP applications with W 7 was patchy while legacy versions of
Office responded slowly in the virtualized world that ran inside W 7."
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/04/windows_xp_mode_release_candidate/