Op CNET.com staat een uitgebreide preview van Whistler Beta 1 te lezen. Interessant is een functie die het mogelijk maakt om Windows 9x only programma's en spellen te kunnen draaien. Whistler doet dit door tijdens de setup procedure van zo'n programma de register en folder structuur van Windows 9x na te bootsen.
Er zijn helaas geen nieuwe screenshots te vinden.
Microsoft built Whistler on the Windows 2000 code (that is, NT), which is none too compatible with much home-use hardware and software. For example, hundreds of games can't run under Windows 2000 because their setup routines manage only Windows 95/98 system folders and Registry settings. Since game developers aren't terribly interested in writing for an OS designed for offices, it falls to Microsoft to fix the problem, and the company has made a start with Whistler in the form of a program called AppFixes.
To help Whistler play major software meant to run on Windows 95/98, Microsoft has built a clunky if effective workaround: Whistler recognizes the offending program's setup routine, fools it into thinking the PC is running a compatible version of Windows, and mimics a Windows 95-style Registry and setup folders. It's not a panacea, but this trick solves problematic NT incompatibilities nicely for anyone who wants to run Whistler at home. Microsoft claims that more than 300 NT-incompatible programs will run on Whistler. At the very least, Beta 1 installed smoothly and successfully ran games, such as Madden NFL and Tomb Raider, that don't work under Windows 2000.
Deze post werd mede mogelijk gemaakt door Gilles de Grote.
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