A few weeks ago Rodney wrote a great post about the new XP mode in Windows XP. This is based on a new version of Virtual PC. I wanted to take a moment to talk about the new version which was released in beta along with the Windows 7 RC.

First this version of Virtual PC will only work with Windows 7, so earlier versions of Windows will have to stick with Virtual PC 2007.

Second, you can run Windows Vista and windows 7 in a virtual PC, what is really cool is that you can get full Aero glass compatibility in a virtual PC environment after you install the integration features. (notice that in Virtual PC it’s integration features not integration components as it is in Hyper-V) Notice the transparency effect in the screenshot below.

Another change is the integration of the virtual machine interface into Windows Explorer

Some additional things to keep in mind, in order to run Virtual PC for Windows 7 your CPU, chipset and BIOS need to support hardware virtualization.

Here is the link to download virtual PC