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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:Sick and tired by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Except that microsoft, with its buddies in the US government, have declared they "own" many of the basic ideas in computing. They kill alternatives. I ALREADY DON'T buy microsoft stuff - but they still affect me. So until there's Regime Change in the Corporate Reich of America, they'll continue to be a serious problem for me.

  2. Re:So? by mikesd81 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    .....I'm not sure if you're trying to provoke some kind of debate... But What about Linux users What about freelance developers What about beta testers

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    That which does not kill me only postpones the inevitable.
  3. You can't ignore them by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I'm not required to buy anything from Microsoft? Have you tried buying a PC without Windows?

    In any case, just because I don't buy MS products doesn't mean their actions don't affect me. Have you tried visiting the many web sites thatt only work with IE, with another browser? How about opening all the files people create and distribute using MS's proprietary formats, because they do succumb to MS's strong-arm tactics?

    The days of being able to ignore "what they do over there" are over, because now what they do over there can affect me here.