“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.