Home Editions Of Windows Vista Won't Run On Mac Or Linux Virtual Machines

[Chad Leigh]

On Feb 2, 2007, at 12:58 PM, Kevin Callahan wrote:

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> <http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml? 
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> Home Editions Of Windows Vista Won't Run On Mac Or Linux Virtual  
> Machines
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> The end-user license agreements specifically forbid users from  
> booting the software 'within a virtual (or otherwise emulated)  
> hardware system,' Microsoft says.
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> By Paul McDougall
> InformationWeek
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> Feb 2, 2007 01:15 PM
> Mac owners and Linux users hoping to run Windows Vista using  
> virtual machine software had better own the Business or Ultimate  
> editions of the new operating system, according to Microsoft's  
> licensing terms.
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> The end-user license agreements governing both the Home Basic and  
> Home Premium editions of the OS specifically forbid users from  
> booting the software "within a virtual (or otherwise emulated)  
> hardware system." The blanket prohibitions don't apply to the  
> higher-end editions of Windows Vista.

I'd like to read the actual EULA.  The EULA that was posted for VIsta  
last Fall did not actually say that.  It said that you could not boot  
it in emulated environments running under Vista.

Chad