Does Java 8 actually work on Windows XP

[Paul Taylor]

Looking at the early access version of java 8 it says:

*Windows*
(WinXP not supported)*

I understand why it is not supported, but is there any technical reason 
why it will not work. Unlike Java for OSX Ive never had any significant 
problems with Java on different Windows platforms, I need to move to 
Java 8 for my OSX customers of my desktop application because of some 
bugs in Java 7 for OSX, and I would prefer to use Java 8 for all 
platforms. But Im sure I have a few Windows Xp customers remaining so I 
don't want to break things for them as I'm not currently using any Java 
8 functionality.

BTW is Java 8 for OSX supported for OSX 10.7.5 onwards like Java 7 ?

Paul