Why does Windows 7 need hardware virtualization to run XP mode?
- by Ken Pespisa
I have a MacBook Pro and I've run VMware Fusion's unity mode and Parallels' cohesion mode along side the Mac OS X, and both work pretty seamlessly. I figured XP Mode in Windows 7 would be something similar, but I then learned my machine requires hardware virtualization support, which it does not have.
My machine is an HP dc7800. That's a dual…