Windows 7 will not be binary compatible with older versions.

    Windows 7 will not be binary compatible with older versions.


    Posted: 23 Oct 2008
    I might have missed this in an earlier post, If I did, I apologise for reposting. The gist of this article, written in May 2008, was that unlike Vista, Winows 7 will not have a "compatabilty" mode. Rather, older programs will run in a virtualized environment

    Read more here:-

    http://windows7news.com/2008/05/23/w...compatibility/
    NormCameron's Avatar Posted By: NormCameron
    23 Oct 2008



 

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