MarcusF

Anyone running the WIS under MS Windows 7 Pro in XP mode? If so, any issues? I've got a chance to pick up a 3.2G Xeon with no OS for near nothing, and think I want to use 7. It should fly. Of course, it could give me the standard WIS blank stare.

rediahad

it works just fine for me, you have to make sure to install the xp mode the right way or else everythign will run really slow

Williams707

If you want your OS to fly get an SSD drive. I recommend the Micron or Cruicial Real SSD 128GB drive for the OS, it seems to have the best specs with the best price.

Or you can drop about $500 for a 256GB one

Crucial RealSSD C300 CTFDDAC256MAG-1G1 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

GiZzO

just VM it Xeon's giggle at virtualization

for the price of SSD (per gig) you might as well get 6 drives and build a RAID5, speed, compacity and parity.. hard for one SSD to match.

da_guitarist

What about with Vista? Does it have have XP mode?

GiZzO

Same as Win7, Vista has XP mode.