MS Requiring More Expensive Vista if Running Mac

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. According 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."

Re:To hell with Microsoft

[Spudtrooper]

Take off the tinfoil hat and be realistic. Besides, the U.S. government has never officially acknowledged the existence of 0S/2 WARP concentration camps.

Re:So?

[mixmasta]

What about XP? What about question marks?

Re:But why?

[gardyloo]

What kind of Vista-exclusive software are you gonna run?

The Windows license manager stuff.

Re:And it's still 1984...

[itlurksbeneath]

Or like saying black is white.

Careful... Don't prove that is so or you might get yourself killed at the next zebra crossing.

Re:The "defectivebydesign" tag...

[jez9999]

Former? I thought he still sold Windows licences.

Re:Sick and tired

[Columcille]

There are online tax solutions, and there's the good old fashioned pen and paper approach. You aren't "required" to use anything. Myself, I use WifeOS to do my taxes, and WifeOS always handles my taxes with the pen and paper approach, this includes the messy self-employment tax schtuff, but WifeOS hasn't had a problem yet!

Re:Sick and tired

[ozmanjusri]

Microsoft: You need to pay more to run Vista under virtualization.
Slashdot's response: God I hate Microsoft!

Apple: You may never, under any circumstances, on any hardware, at any time, for any reason, ever run OS X under virtualization. Period.
Slashdot's response: God I hate Microsoft!

Linux: It's free. Run it on whatever hardware you want. Run as many instances on as many machines as you damn well feel like. Treat it like it's yours to keep.
Slashdot's response: God I hate Microsoft!

Beginning to understand yet?

Re:Sick and tired

[cp.tar]

And if you at any point just express the desire to upgrade the hardware - to say nothing of the software - suddenly half your money will be spent on supporting legacy hardware.

Talk about vendor lock-in...