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Microsoft Slugs Mac Users With Vista Tax
An anonymous reader writes "Mac users wanting to run Vista on their Macintosh, alongside Mac OS X programs, will have to buy an expensive version of Vista if they want to legally install it on their systems. The end-user license agreement for the cheaper versions of Vista (Home Basic and Home Premium) explicitly forbids the use of those versions on virtual machines (i.e., Macs pretending to be PCs)." Update: 02/08 17:50 GMT by KD : A number of readers have pointed out that the Vista EULA does not forbid installing it via Apple's Bootcamp; that is, the "tax" only applies to running Vista under virtualization.
I just know I am going to get modded for this. Please be gentle. I believe Chairman Gates, when asked about why he wasn't allowing low end copies of Vista to be run virtually, his response was akin to, Consumers do not have the knowledge or technical expertise to run Vista in a virtual environment. Please! I think his statement was English for "You need to pay more money to us in order to do that."
I'd say every ethernet user on this planet is a MAC user. Dunno how a RTL8139 would handle Aero, though.
I expect my hardware to work for me, not for you.
"I never understood why when Apple locks you out no one really complains That's not a lock, it's a feature!
Exactly, hasn't this been reported about 17 times already on Slashdot?
Like you said, it's *only* been reported 17 times.
Read the EFF's Fair Use FAQ
"Other Mac users may need to run Windows-only software like Microsoft Project or games that are only available for Windows."
Yes, exactly. Like for me it's Microsoft Paint.
#DeleteChrome
... isn't there some editorial process here that is supposed to filter out obvious stupidity?
Yeah. It's called the off road package. If you want a bare minimum vehicle, go with a stripped down Cavalier. If you want to upgrade to all sorts of luxury features, you are going to have to pay more to get a Cadillac.
finally, we can buy a Microsoft product that can be installed on the network!
The dangers of knowledge trigger emotional distress in human beings.
Macs pretending to be PCs
Funny, and I thought nowadays Apple sells PC's pretending to be Macs.
So, just to clarify, if I want to run it on my Mac, I will have to pay for it? Now there's a wild concept.
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No, the implication is that reporting something important fifty times with slightly differing results is the mean average as far as Slashdot is concerned.
My little site.
It's not exactly rocket surgery.
Some folk think that the best editor ever was the original vi.
ed is the standard text editor.
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Yeah thats with XP. This is NEW Windows Vista with 20% more EULA.
KDE?
You are not alone. This is not normal. None of this is normal.
One of the major benefits of a Windows machine is its customizability, right? So the standard Windows user likes to have control over his machine. If anything were to go wrong with an application as he's using it, however, he may briefly consider switching to an alternative system (such as a Mac, or this "Linux" thing he's been hearing about lately). Finally, however, he decides to stick with Windows, as he knows all the software he's purchased for Windows won't work on a Mac or under Linux and the last thing he wants to do is have to delete all that expensive software.
See? It's all very logical and intuitive!
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