Final Version of “Windows XP Mode for Windows 7″ Coming October 22

Windows 7 Team Blog has officially announced the RTM release of "Windows XP Mode" for Windows 7. Final version of Windows XP mode will be available for download on October 22 via Microsoft Download Center.

Here is an excerpt from official announcement:

We're happy to announce that Windows XP Mode has RTM'd today. We expect to make the final release of Windows XP Mode available via the Microsoft Download Center on October 22nd. OEMs will be able to offer Windows XP Mode on their PCs based on their manufacturing schedules.

Windows XP Mode is specially designed for small and medium-sized businesses to help ease the migration process to Windows 7 by providing additional compatibility for their older productivity applications. Users can run and launch Windows XP applications in Windows XP Mode directly from a Windows 7 desktop.

At the moment RC version of Windows XP Mode is available and can be downloaded using following link:

Download Windows XP Mode for Windows 7