The Windows 7 Release Candidate leaked earlier today contains a lot of minor tweaks to previous beta versions of the new operating system, but Microsoft says that it also has a couple of new features: A Windows 7 PC will now be able to stream media from your home to any Internet-connected Windows 7 PC, and for the first time the OS supports (via an optional download) a virtual Windows XP environment for running legacy Windows XP apps.
Microsoft highlighted these new capabilities in a 29-page document sent to reviewers after RC code began appearing on file-sharing sites. The document, called "Windows 7 Product Update - Key Changes Included in the Release Candidate," cites many refinements to existing features, but only the remote media streaming and XP Mode features are specifically identified as new features. (Most of the tweaks had previously been documented on the Engineering Windows 7 blog.)
Sunday, April 26, 2009
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