Sorry to self-reply but just remembered another point: Hardware compatibility. Compatibility should be ensured with all the virtual hardware emulated by VirtualBox, VMware, Hyper-V etc. before worrying about anything else such as the latest graphics cards. The only exception should be the parallel p...

I think the scheduled end-of-support for XP in August 2014 raises the opportunity of targeting corporations who are stuck with "legacy" apps that won't run on Windows 7 and have no vendor road map for replacement. Companies in this situation may be persueded that if a decent number of them...