Windows XP mode for Windows 7

One of the many disadvantages of Vista was the fact that hardware that worked under XP was simply not supported under Vista. No-one in their right mind is simply going to junk expensive hardware that still works: this is one of the main reasons why Vista was so unpopular. The idea of accessing XP-based peripherals under Windows7  is excellent. Then one discovers that to make it work you need a chip that can support virtual PC. This time any PC without the right chip has to be junked. No university department (apart from Computer Science), no small business and no self-employed writer or consultant is goint to do this. I suggest that Microsoft programmers go back to the drawing board if they want to sell their software, which is otherwise far more user-friendly than Vista. Give end users access to XP-based peripherals without having to invest in the latest Intel chip sets, otherwise I predict that end-users will stick with XP or even downgrade from Vista to XP.