Windows 7 is now shipping on Stealth machines

Stealth.Com Inc. (Stealth Computer) is pleased to announce the availability of Windows 7 for presale starting today.

Systems are expected to begin shipping with Windows 7 on 10/30/2009.

Place your order now to ensure an early spot in our queue!

Microsoft just released Windows XP Mode to manufacturing and said it will make XP Mode available as a public download on October 22, 2009 which is the official launch date for Windows 7.

XP Mode is an acknowledgment that many customers skipped Vista and will move to Windows 7 directly from the eight year old XP OS.  Microsoft says XP Mode supports older or custom-built applications, maintaining backward compatibility through a virtual Windows XP SP3 environment running under the Windows Virtual PC.

Customers that buy Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate editions will get XP Mode as a free download however it is important to note that there are some hardware considerations. A minimum of 2GB’s of RAM, 15GB of hard disk space and as well (very important) a virtualization enabled processor from Intel or AMD.

Read the article by Ed Bott of ZDNET: How many Intel CPUs will fail the XP Mode test in Windows 7?