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I'm not finding only a very few compatibility issues between 7 and XP here since a good deal of things that will not install even on Vista 32bit are now running on the 64bit 7! Plus the RC releases now available also see the XP mode I will be looking into where all your old XP programs will run in a virtual pc enviroment.
That's another good news for many item there. In fact with the previous multiboot of XP, Vista, and both 32bit and 64bit 7s alike XP is now "out of the equation" entirely! Most that kept running Vista and didn't bail out to go back to XP found that a lot more secure as well. 7 simply doesn't see the heavy feeling of Vista while seeing a number of improvements instead.
With the upgrade over the RC just seen once you have a fresh copy of one or both RCs on you can perform an inplace repair install if something goes wrong with the first to see that corrected. The one item to note so far however is the need for a new or different number for each installation even an upgrade.
The number seen when first downloading the 64bit RC refused to work on the initial try needing a second. The repair install saw the 64bit beta number used for that!