Funny, for something that won't work, it seems to be working fine. I installed the consumer preview of 8 and then installed virtual pc 2007 (the old one from the XP/Vista era) and it works perfectly --- of course, the computer could be playing tricks on me and secretly crashing without telling me, but I doubt it. I have also checked a few things and being "built on the proven reliability of WIndows 7", Windows 8 should run any program that runs on 7 just as 7 runs anything Vista will. I will post some screenshots for those interested.
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