MS Requiring More Expensive Vista if Running Mac

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."

Comments

Re:Disingenous dupe FUD

[Ash Vince]

Ok, we have heard about this before.

But I have not bothered to read the full article and I still understood they were talking about virtualization. In fact the only person who has mentioned dual booting thus far is you. Maybe you confused the two but I haven't got the impression anyone else did and I certainly didn't so as far slashdot goes it isn't that bad. (Dupes are ten a penny here, with a UID that low you should have noticed by now)

If this was such a blatant dupe why did you bother to read it and contribute to the discussion? Nothing better to do?

Re:Why would MS care?

[Detritus]

It isn't about money, it's about control. If given a choice between money and control, Microsoft will pick control. The money will follow later. Why do you think that they buy companies, only to kill the products that were their major assets?