Verdict: Review... uh I think you missed the point of XP Mode.
Verdict: XP Mode gets an F | Hardware 2.0 | ZDNet.com:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=4303&tag=nl.e539
Verdict: Review... uh I think you missed the point of XP Mode.
There’s no effective way to manage the XP installation
Correct. Which is why the Microsoft folks recommend MedV or AppV (or whateverV) for a managed virtualzation. This XPMode is for SMBs like me who have crappy line of business apps that John Q public hasn't hacked up the registries using things like LUABugLight to determine why they won't run on Vista or Windows 7.
XP Mode means two OSes to manage
If I have tools to manage one, managing another is not a big deal. With virtualization, I have one server that has three servers and two workstations on it.
Increased security costs
Staying on Windows XP is an increased security cost. I think you are missing the point this is about the ability for me to go to vendors and say "Look dude, I have XP mode now, get your act in gear and start coding for non administrator and all the other crap you still demand"
Huge hardware hassles
If I'm deploying bitlocker I have to figure out which ones have TPM chips. Already we have folks asking around as to which laptops with chipsets support this. HyperV was disabled in an HP server I had. Go into the bios and enable it. How is this a huge deal?
And my favorite argument...
What’s the point?
"The flipside of this argument is that if a company is willing to mess around with virtualization, and wants to switch OSes, why not switch to Linux? Or Mac? Let’s be clear, I’m not being flippant when I say that, and I’m well aware that you could still run into trouble, but if you’re planning to take the virtualization route, why have Windows as the host?"
Let me give you my arguments:
1. Management tools. I have Windows management tools, I have weaker Ubuntu and Apple ones.
2. Supporting two OSs. Dude, if your argument was that XPmode demands you support XP and Windows 7, what the heck does rolling out Ubuntu with Wine or Apple with Parallels/XP do? I'm supporting multiple platforms there. And doing so with one hand tied behind my back if I'm not familar with those platforms. And again, line of business support. I dont' see where Quickbooks jumps up and down and says "we support Ubuntu".
3. Switching OSs isn't what we're doing here. We're dragging the line of business applications to the Windows7 platform without forcing the person to implement downgrade rights. It's letting the hardware vendors to go on with Win7 support .
The line of business sets the tone. You pick the platform based on it's needs. And XP Mode is not recommended where you want a true managed environment. It's just there to give me something to beat my LOB apps over the head and drag them up to Windows 7.
Read the complete post at http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2009/06/02/verdict-review-uh-i-think-you-missed-the-point-of-xp-mode.aspx