Tuesday, April 7th 2009
Microsoft Windows 7 Will Allow Downgrades too
Even though there's still some time left before the official release of Windows 7, Microsoft - the creator of this OS - confirmed today that just like some Windows Vista distributions could be downgraded to Windows XP with ease, the same will apply to Windows 7. General users of Windows 7 will be given the option of downgrading right over Vista to Windows XP, a Microsoft spokesperson has confirmed.
"This is not the first time that Microsoft has offered downgrade rights to a version other than its immediate predecessor," the spokesperson told Betanews, "and our Software Assurance customers can always downgrade to any previous version of Windows."
Microsoft hasn't detailed exactly how downgrade rights will work with Windows 7 - for now we know that Windows 7 will be downgradable to either Windows Vista or Windows XP - the rest of the details remain unclear.
Source:
Betanews
"This is not the first time that Microsoft has offered downgrade rights to a version other than its immediate predecessor," the spokesperson told Betanews, "and our Software Assurance customers can always downgrade to any previous version of Windows."
Microsoft hasn't detailed exactly how downgrade rights will work with Windows 7 - for now we know that Windows 7 will be downgradable to either Windows Vista or Windows XP - the rest of the details remain unclear.
59 Comments on Microsoft Windows 7 Will Allow Downgrades too
I don't like x64. Why? Because one company holds the IP for it, and I'm not happy about x86 either for the same reason.
But moving on, anyone tried the new 7077 build or found the changelog?
x64 does not exist, its just an abbreviation.
the 64 bit is an extension of 32 bit for the x86 arch. There is no IP to charge for, as it is a specification of the hardware. Implementation, may be, but for the most part, an AMD x86-64 and an Intel x86-64 are interchangable.
The most notable difference for 64 bit to a 32 bit windows, is memory addressability/performance, and drivers/software compatability.
amd owns the IP for amd64 the currently used x86-64 implementation, intel gets to use this due to amd and intel having a cross licencing deal for x86 based development.
Intel was working on their own x86-64 but it wasnt ready in time to convence ms to support it and ms said they would only support one 64bit extention to the x86 platform.