“Most people expect some flip-flopping in an election year, but not usually from their software vendor,” Ina Fried reports for CNET.
“Nonetheless, Microsoft on Monday changed its mind again, saying it will allow users to run Vista Home Basic and Vista Home Premium as guest operating systems on a virtual machine. The news is especially welcome for Mac users who want to run the latest Windows version without having to pay an arm and a leg. Until now, Mac users and others wanting to run Vista virtually have had to fork over for the most expensive Business and Ultimate versions,” Fried reports.
“Microsoft group product manager Patrick O’Rourke said in a telephone interview Monday: ‘Now is the right time, we believe, to make it easier for technical enthusiasts…to experience and see if virtualization is right for them,'” Fried reports.
Full article here.
woo
MSFT abandons HP, and Dell, seeing APPL as the soon-to-be leading PC manufacturer.
Especially in the race for the lap(top).
I just love all these versions they have come up drum up sales numbers. Ultimate Edition… ahahaha… stupid!
Yippeeey.
Its bad enough I have XP Pro running on my MacBook Pro, why the hell would someone want to put Vista on there Mac. Most of the people I speak to don’t even want it running on their PCs.
Microsoft doesn’t care where they get their cash from … cash is cash. So, if Mac users are buying XP for their Macs instead of Vista, why not plump up your Vista sales figures – and profits? – by giving them a more affordable Vista option? They have to sell those remaindered boxes somewhere!
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well…all i can say is next time i see a wartime president or a 911 scenario im gonna buy gold and all the no bid contractors’ stock… ill be rich…oh and ill buy apple stock too cause they make great products…unlike some ppl i know. yay for preemptive strikes!!
i say bomb the world cause its got it in for u!!! lets all kill each other preemptively!! oh and buy appl stock…
I’ve got the Microsoft Vista Home Run Edition
Propaganda. Isn’t it easy to be someone’s shill?
Apple flip-flops: releases iTunes for Windows
Apple flip-flops: drops Firewire on iPod
Apple flip-flops: releases video on iPod
Apple flip-flops: ditches Apple Hi-Fi
Apple flip-flops: allows variable pricing on iTunes
Apple flip-flops: drops insistence that Fair-play DRM will contain piracy
Apple flip-flops: lowers price on iPhone
Apple flip-flops: issues store credit for early iPhone buyers
Apple flip-flops: allows movie rentals on iTunes
Apple flip-flops: allows AppleTV to access internet directly
etc. etc. etc.
Vista? Pah, what a pile of shite. Why waste Gigabytes of space on this POS.
a preemptive attack is a sucker punch and EVERYONE knows it…so NATO is a fucking NAZI aggressor….or more to the point…follows the same doctrine on war that the NAZIS did!!
your potential. our passion.
hows that for fuckin irony??
But I nearly bought the Microsoft Vista Home Osexual Edition
Mind you, that was after I’d looked at Microsoft Vista Home Icide: Life on the Street Edition
So the home users can make their laptop suck for less??
I realize that Microsoft is making this move due to lagging sales of Vista, but I’m definitely still not interested. I’ll just continue to use the copy of XP Pro that I purchased back in 2001 for the few times I actually need to run Windows in Parallels.
bushs’ family supported NAZI germany … think about it
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I am thinking of upgrading to the Microsoft Vista Home Osapien Edition though.
Have you considered Microsoft Vista Home R Simpson Edition?
With built-in DOH!
“But I nearly bought the Microsoft Vista Home Osexual Edition”
The street name is Vista Cruiser.
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@dirty pierre le punk
there is no such thing as Microsoft Vista Home Osapien Edition..and if there was it would problably suck…soooo it would be an oxymoron at best..
Dear Microsoft Windows,
Please go away… Please.
Sincerely,
Mr. Peabody
Translation of Microsoft statement: Okay, we don’t care if you virtualize Home or not. Just somebody please run this f’ing thing.
@DL Meyer
“They have to sell those remaindered boxes somewhere!”
Or not. Microsoft has the money to outdo EMI, according the this article, EMI spends 25 million UK pounds (about $US 50 million) per year destroying unsold merchandise.
http://blog.pmarca.com/2008/01/astonishing-fla.html
@Not News.
Are you sure you understand what a flip-flop is?
Apparently not.
Hmmm… Microsoft Vista Home Boy Edition. Looks interesting.
Okay, made my mind up. I’m going for the Microsoft Vista Home Home On The Range Edition
I think MS might get the idea that this way it will sell one copy to some poor Mac user sucker.
Microsoft Vista Homo Erectus Edition. For all the cavemen that are still stuck in the world of shit we call Microsoft.
Not news: Excellent points!
And Ravenous actually does not know what “flip flop” means.
“@Not News. Are you sure you understand what a flip-flop is?”
The only type of shoe a pathetic, lonely troll can afford.
And the Mac community yawned…
All I can say is
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ROTFLOL HAHAHAHAHAHA
Oh man *snif* that was a good one.
The only reason that I would want to run Vista on my 24″ iMac is to play Halo 2.
…And to say on my resume that I have Vista experience.
Woo hoo. Now I can install Basic manure in my ferrari.
The fact is Vista is a pile of trash. The public knows it, and consequently no one wants it.
This is another desperate move to encourage take-up. The Beast’s employees have virtually admitted as much themselves:
Microsoft execs admitted today that its decision to open its Windows Vista Home Basic and Home Premium editions up to virtualisation was a “get-out-of-jail” card for the unloved platforms.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/22/microsoft_virtualisation_vista/
But the moral is obvious: nobody wants this overpriced and underperforming OS from this disgusting and legally shady monopolist for very good reasons. So unless you need it to run some specific piece of software, you shouldn’t waste your money on it. Use something better–or at least cheaper, like Ubuntu.
“The fact is Vista is a pile of trash.”
That’s an insult to decent, practical landfills worldwide!
Stick it to Microsoft!!!
Use OpenOffice on Windows and NeoOfficeJ on OS X.
It’s free!!! Cross platform and compatible with Office files.
Can you beat it? No!
Microsoft flip-flops?
Do they make you crash when you try to walk in them?
At the very least, they’ll make you run slower.
That version of XP with WGA disabled that I downloaded from the torrents works great on my Macbook. That XP license that I got with Office 2004 with Virtual PC was more than enough money to fork over to the evil empire.
Is this effective immediately with current versions of Home Basic on sale or must we wait for a future SP that will ship on later discs?
No way in hell am I installing Vista of any persuasion.
Desperation,
They’ve finally come to their senses…
Apple should simply cancel development of the miniscule market share OS X and license the best OS on the planet today: Windows Vista. Then consumers would have the choice of any of the 7 Vista flavors, instead of just 4 with virtualization.
Apple is a hardware company so why should they handicap themselves with OS X? Go with a winner. Go with Vista.
Your potential. Our passion.™
Some funny quotes:
“Vista will be out next year. Vista has never been delayed. I mean, we had earlier conceptualizations, but the thing that is Vista is on its track. “
“Our people, our shareholders, me, Bill Gates, we expect to change the world in every way, to succeed wildly at everything we touch, to have the broadest impact of any company in the world.”
“I have never, honestly, thrown a chair in my life.”
– Steve Ballmer
Guess they figured out that they need to sell all the vista licenses they can..
-jcr
“to have the broadest impact”
I think Ballmer was referring to the shock wave and impact crater he will make when he eventually falls out of his bell tower.
It looks like they’re desperate for any sort of shelter. Come on, won’t somebody take in a poor, helpless Microsoft Vista Home Less Edition today?
Help your communities by keeping dangerous OS’s off the street.
Hmmm, wonder if a certain pending class action lawsuit regarding an issue of what is meant by “Vista capable” and the mucking up of testimony by an MS PR guy has anything to do with this.
love this video. Bill Gates. I can’t imagine Steve ever having a sense of humour like this:
http://on10.net/blogs/larry/Bills-Last-Day-CES-2008-Keynote-Video/Default.aspx
Actually, this is one of the things that I like about Microsoft, as opposed to apple. Apple products work well… but some of the people who use them have such an almighty air about them… not all, you understand… but some take a computer choice as an almost religious decision.
The reason for this move by MS is obvious: it opens another market (Mac users) to the wonders of Vista at a reasonable price.
Unfortunately, only two classes of Mac users are likely to buy Vista at any price:
1) Small time software developers using Macs who want to make sure their software runs on Mac, Linux, XP, and Vista.
2) Dolts
Since most dolts are already using Vista on their Dell’s, I don’t expect an upswing in Microsoft earnings due to this ingenious move.
Ashes to ashes… M$ is doomed!
Translation: they desperately want more people to buy it, no matter what version it is.
Microsoft:
Your frustration. Our fault.™
@not news:
It’s a thoughtful list, but… “Apple flip-flops: drops insistence that Fair-play DRM will contain piracy”
Please don’t rewrite history. Steve Jobs NEVER wanted DRM. That was his concession to the reverse-thinking music industry in order to launch the world’s first successful online music store. The only reason there’s currently any DRM in iTunes is because the same music companies are banding together to try rousting Apple from its leadership position. If you’re enjoying Amazon MP3s on your Windows box, you can thank Steve for having the courage to stand up to these people when he went DRM-free with EMI last year. Sky
Zune Tang,
Using Windows has not broadened you insightfulness. That is merely an illusion created by a severe case of VistaVision. Please seek immediate medical attention. If caught and treated in the early stages, you have a 50% chance of seeing clearly, proceeded by feelings of love and adoration of all things Apple. I will pray for you buddy.
Hm. Right after they announce new virtualization software being added to Windoze Server, the say it’s ok to Virtualize the cheaper versions of Vista. I wonder…
You idiots really think Microsoft did this to help out Mac users? What a laugh!
Dell is coming out with a whole range of computers that run on a generic Linux OS. The only purpose of this OS is to run emulation software and keep Windows Vista really safe.
Windows is kept sand boxed or it is allowed to run naked and be replaced by a clone whenever something hinkey happens with the OS.
These safe Dells will sell like, well, like Macs.
Microsoft doing something good for Mac users, what a joke.
I’ve not read all of the comments so excuse me dudes if I am repeating what someone else has said already but to me this is such a good sign of the impending demise of Microsoft’s dominance of the OS market.
Firstly they don’t allow Mac users to run the cheap versions of Vis-turd because, in their arrogance they believe Vis-turd will be a popular OS. They think a move like this will just slow the current growth of Mac market share. Then when they see their “shrewd” move contributed to the opposite effect and Macs just sold better and better, they realised that the Mac could eventually actually prove to be more popular than Windows so they allowed the cheap Vis-turds to run on a Mac too. It’s like they are panicking. They can see their slow death on their charts and graphs. They are running scared. M$ shareholders sell sell sell
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Do you think Apple Execs print out Zune Tang’s Wafflings as a comical introduction to Apple board meetings.
I mean. He has to be a Mac using comedian as everything he says is so ridiculous it has to be tongue in cheek.
Keep it up Zuney, we love the silly giggley stuff you come up with. It’s hilarious!!!