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04-14-2007, 04:45 PM
MS Requiring More Expensive Vista if Running Mac (http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/109098590/article.pl):
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. Accordinding 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."http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdot?i=qTlqoB</img> (http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdot?a=qTlqoB)
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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. Accordinding 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."http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdot?i=qTlqoB</img> (http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdot?a=qTlqoB)
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