Want to run Windows 7 in legacy hardware?

There's a way, with one of the Microsoft Desktop Virtualization solutions, and it's called Microsoft Windows Thin PC (WinTPC). However, it's only available to Software Assurance (SA) volume licensing customers, in other words, for business purposes. Windows Thin PC has been developed using the Windows Embedded Standard 7 codebase, which in turn has been derived from the proven Windows 7 platform.