backward compatibility

There's a rumor going around that Windows 8 will support Xbox 360 games -- but it would be a lot more exciting if the next Xbox ran Windows 8! Source: Yahoo! News

The ARM version of Windows 8 might have just become the most desired version of Windows in our hearts and minds. After us talking about legacy code and backwards compatibility in Windows for years now, an Intel senior vice president, Renee James, has just stated that Windows 8 on ARM will not...

Windows 8 will come in two major varieties: a "traditional" version with legacy application support, and an ARM version that will not support legacy applications. The Windows 8 traditional version will have a "Windows 7" mode for backwards compatibility. The news comes from Intel's Investor...

Intel was quick to point out that the ARM version of Windows 8 won't have any backwards compatibility—"Our competitors will not be running legacy applications. Not now. Not ever." But the ol' friendly x86 version? You betcha! More*» Source: Yahoo! News

Microsoft released the first preview of Internet Explorer 10 this week, but immediately drew some criticism that it won't be backwards compatible with Windows Vista. Link Removed

Advanced Micro Devices will support USB 3.0 in its chips, marking the first instance of a major PC processor supplier getting behind the standard. Intel has yet to support the high-speed interface. The USB Implementers Forum today announced that AMD will deliver the first chipsets to...

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Hi I'm looking at the Windows backwards compatibility update and they have two versions for Windows 7 one is labeled "All supported x86-based versions of Windows 7" and the other is labeled "All supported x64-based versions of Windows 7". I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium, 64 bit...

Link Removed - Invalid URL Microsoft has released an update to the backward compatibility feature in Windows 7 and in Windows Server 2008 R2 that increases the compatibility of programs in specific scenarios. We all know that the backward compatibility feature can set the dynamic context of...

Windows XP Mode is a premium feature which is been offered only to Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Link Removedand Windows 7 Ultimate system. Windows XP Mode, essentially a virtual machine which runs fully functional and fully activated Windows XP SP3 operating system, provides a backward...

The new taskbar has some great features, Aero Peek and Jump Lists are two things I really like. However, here is the big problem lets say I have a few chat windows open and they're all hidden behind another window (lets say Firefox) If someone sends me a message the chat icon flashes to...

Hey got to say the xp mode MS have got in the pipe line is great for companies on the fence . Should we get win7 ? Just a thought the very fact MS are giving this new feature wxpm is it a backward move or not ? I would have to say yes . In a perfect world things should just mvoe forward but we...

http://shippingseven.blogspot.com/2008/01/registry.html to Read More Well, looks interesting to me. I would agree, this is part of why Windows cannot move quickly, because it has to be compatible with older versions of software, so they have to make it backward compatible.