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MS Requiring More Expensive Vista if Running Mac

Posted by Zonk on from the they've-got-to-make-money-somehow-right dept.

ktwdallas writes "Mathew Ingram from Canada's Globe and Mail writes that Microsoft will require at least the $299 Business version of Vista or higher if installing on a Mac with virtualization. Running the cheaper Basic or Premium versions would be a violation of their user agreement. According to the article, Microsoft's reasoning is 'because of security issues with virtualization technology'. Sounds suspiciously like a 'Mac penalty' cost that Microsoft is trying to justify."

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  1. Re:To hell with Microsoft by Spudtrooper · · Score: 5, Funny

    Take off the tinfoil hat and be realistic. Besides, the U.S. government has never officially acknowledged the existence of 0S/2 WARP concentration camps.

  2. Re:So? by mixmasta · · Score: 4, Funny

    What about XP? What about question marks?

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  3. Re:But why? by gardyloo · · Score: 5, Funny

    What kind of Vista-exclusive software are you gonna run? The Windows license manager stuff.
  4. Re:And it's still 1984... by itlurksbeneath · · Score: 2, Funny

    Or like saying black is white.

    Careful... Don't prove that is so or you might get yourself killed at the next zebra crossing.

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  5. Re:The "defectivebydesign" tag... by jez9999 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Former? I thought he still sold Windows licences.

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  6. Re:Sick and tired by Columcille · · Score: 4, Funny

    There are online tax solutions, and there's the good old fashioned pen and paper approach. You aren't "required" to use anything. Myself, I use WifeOS to do my taxes, and WifeOS always handles my taxes with the pen and paper approach, this includes the messy self-employment tax schtuff, but WifeOS hasn't had a problem yet!

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  7. Re:Sick and tired by ozmanjusri · · Score: 4, Funny
    Microsoft: You need to pay more to run Vista under virtualization.
    Slashdot's response: God I hate Microsoft!


    Apple: You may never, under any circumstances, on any hardware, at any time, for any reason, ever run OS X under virtualization. Period.
    Slashdot's response: God I hate Microsoft!

    Linux: It's free. Run it on whatever hardware you want. Run as many instances on as many machines as you damn well feel like. Treat it like it's yours to keep.
    Slashdot's response: God I hate Microsoft!

    Beginning to understand yet?

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  8. Re:Sick and tired by cp.tar · · Score: 4, Funny

    And if you at any point just express the desire to upgrade the hardware - to say nothing of the software - suddenly half your money will be spent on supporting legacy hardware.

    Talk about vendor lock-in...

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