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Well, the obvious one was when the did the "XP Mode" for compatibility purposes. I'd have expected to see a lot more along that theme by now. Windows's bigges
by hakfoo 4y ago
Well, the obvious one was when the did the "XP Mode" for compatibility purposes.
I'd have expected to see a lot more along that theme by now. Windows's biggest opportunity and problem was always backwards compatibility, and the more hardware gets virtualization-ready, the easier it is to shift compatibility burdens to sealed-box VM images.
I could imagine a future Windows that finally achieves the vision of "only modern apps and APIs" by packaging everything else into sealed VMs running a predictable steady-state "classic Windows" install.
- 323 4y agoModern Windows, Home or Pro already runs under a hypervisor, it's called Core Isolation. > The entire idea of Core Isolation is that your OS will segregate critical core processes from the rest of the other normally running ones in order to defend against hostile or ill-natured software/driver or malware. You can think of it as a vault that only the allowed have access to, something that is not open to everyone. Windows achieves this feat by using its virtualization technology. https://feedthecuriosity.com/windows-os/what-is-core-isolation-and-memory-integrity-in-windows-11/ https://feedthecuriosity.com/windows-os/what-is-core-isolati...