Color us intrigued. The gang at SuperSite for Windows have revealed what they know about a pretty awesome new feature in Windows 7: XP Mode, a virtualized copy of Windows XP with Service Pack 3. It'll reportedly be a free download for Professional and Ultimate Edition users, and unlike many other Virtual PC options, the environment won't require a separate workspace so you can run the individual apps as you would alongside those native to 7 -- in the example pictured, that's Word 2003 in XP mode next to Word 2007. If we're understanding this right, XPM should make legacy compatibility a moot concern. We haven't heard any reports of it being found in the leaked
