Windows XP Continues to Live Within Windows 7

If you upgrade to Windows 7 Professional or Ultimate, then you'll be pleased to know that it will come with a virtual engine running Windows XP. Despite their efforts, Microsoft won't be letting Windows XP die. Since I still have a few old computers laying around, I run XP on them. I've tried Vista and even Windows 7, but at the end of the day, XP wins. I'll be glad to replace Vista with XP. I've just had so many problems with Vista that it's been refreshing to use XP. Windows 7 is a light at the end of the tunnel for those of us still running Vista and hitting various roadblocks in our productivity.

Windows 7 Much Better than Vista and XP

I didn't have high hopes for Windows 7. I didn't think that Microsoft could build an operating system that was more efficient than XP for slower machines like ultra-mobile PCs (UMPCs). For these reasons, I've been running Windows XP on my Samsung Q1 Ultra which has a very slow processor (single core, 800 MHz). It's not like my Lenovo Thinkpad X200 Tablet that has a blazing Intel Core 2 Duo processor.

My hat's off to you Microsoft. You've learned from your mistakes (and failures) on Vista and you've created a great operating system with Windows 7. I'm very impressed by the way that Windows 7 is running on my Ultra-Mobile PC (UMPC). I had tried a few of the earlier builds of Windows 7 on my Samsung Q1 Ultra and they were not better than Vista. However, the latest build of Windows 7 (build 7077) has been fast, efficient, and very responsive. If you're still running Windows XP, I urge you skip Vista and go to Windows 7.

The End of Mainstream XP Support

It's finally happened:

"On April 14, Windows XP will transition from the mainstream support phase to the extended support phase, as planned and previously announced."

I'm so glad that Windows 7 is coming soon. I've been running a beta version of Windows 7 build 7077 and it has really impressed me. The engineers at Microsoft have done an outstanding job creating this operating system and I'm very pleased. I think most people will have similar experiences with Windows 7.What's great is that Windows 7 runs quite efficiently, even on older and slower computer. That certainly wasn't the case with Vista. You can get ready to kiss all those Vista-related headaches goodbye as you prepare for Windows 7.

Windows 7 Build 7077 Runs Well on the Samsung Q1 Ultra UMPC

I'm happy to report that Windows 7 (build 7077) actually runs quite well on the Samsung Q1 Ultra UMPC (or Q1U, for those who like to differentiate them from the original Samsung Q1). I had tested a few of the earlier builds on my device and they did not work well at all. Somehow, the engineers at Microsoft have refined Windows 7 so that it actually runs fairly well on a slow machine that has an 800 MHz processor. I've been pleasantly surprised by Windows 7, so I've removed the Vista partition on my device and I've replaced it with Windows 7. I still have XP as a backup, but over the next few weeks I'll be mainly using Windows 7 to see how well it works on my mini tablet device.