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

[Roger Howard]

On Mon, February 5, 2007 3:24 pm, LuKreme wrote:
>
> On 5-Feb-2007, at 10:48, Roger Howard wrote:
>
>> On Sat, February 3, 2007 1:49 pm, LuKreme wrote:
>>> I have no idea if the home version support multiple processors, but
>>> XP Home doesn't, so I wouldn't be surprised if Vista Home also was
>>> limited to a single processor. Less of an issue 5 years ago, but
>>> potentially a big issue now.
>>
>> Back when XP Home came out this was an issue as dual CPUs was the
>> only way
>> to get dual cores. XP Home and Vista Home Basic (or whatever the
>> hell its
>> called) both support HyperThreading and Dual Core CPUs, they just
>> don't
>> support multiple real CPUs.
>
> Yep, that's true.
>
>> So stupid, yes, but "potentially a big issue"?
>
> Well, if you figure you're stuck with Vista for the next 5 years,
> then yeah, it certainly could be.  I mean, I think we will be seeing
> a lot more multi-processor machines in the next few years.  And why
> should the gamer have to buy the business edition of Vista just to
> get his machine to work fully?

You're preaching to the choir :) I agree it's stupid, but it's not a huge
problem at the moment, given how few dual CPU machines are being sold...
if you're buying one, you're likely getting Vista Extreme/Ultimate/Woot!
edition with it.

> It's a stupid MS 'tax' and I dearly hope it bites them in the ass.

Totally agree; I just think today that particular issue is the least of
worries about the many versions of Vista.

Differentiating Windows versions based on the number of physical CPUs, not
cores, seems silly on the face of it. We agree :)