MacVertigo Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/21/microso...to-run-on-macs/ if you are too lazy to click on it. here it is. Microsoft flip-flops again: now no Vista Home on Macs We've seen our fair share of flip-flopping in the past, and Microsoft is yet again adding its name to the frowned upon list by retracting previous intentions to allow Windows Vista Home and Home Premium operating systems to run under virtualization. After reportedly stating that it would "change the EULA after listening to customer feedback on the issue," it appears that the suits in Redmond have thought better of said decision. Now, the firm has "reassessed the Windows virtualization policy and decided that maintaining the original policy announced last Fall" would be best. Ben Rudolph, Parallels director of corporate communications, noted that he was "obviously disappointed" in Microsoft's change of heart, but if the two-faced Mac users out there can persuade Google to take their side, we're sure this little spat could be cleared up in no time. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54797-microsoft-says-no-vista-on-bootcamp/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuturDreamz Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 Bootcamp isn't virtualizing, even though you can use Fusion or Parallels with it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54797-microsoft-says-no-vista-on-bootcamp/#findComment-391771 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TvvqKMZ72bsklauw5 Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 Wow, so in basic, correct me if I'm wrong, they are saying it is "illegal" to install Windows Vista Home Premium/Basic on a Mac using Boot Camp based on the EULA? If they are considering it "virtualization", that's very weird. Technically, Windows Vista is running on a computer and is not being "virtualized" in any way. It is running natively. If it was on Parallels or VM Ware then I would understand that statement. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54797-microsoft-says-no-vista-on-bootcamp/#findComment-391772 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwhsh8r Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 sucks for you mac users. and yes coolmatt49, it would be violation of the eula. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54797-microsoft-says-no-vista-on-bootcamp/#findComment-391773 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuturDreamz Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 sucks for you mac users. If you say so Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54797-microsoft-says-no-vista-on-bootcamp/#findComment-391778 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacVertigo Posted June 22, 2007 Author Share Posted June 22, 2007 I could care less to be honest. I use parallels to run XP to for work.. its the only way I can connect to our company network, and I have one program that is windows only. So I access stuff on our server and use a program that is connected to the server. I have no use for Vista. Its a waste of space, and resources to have it running on my mac. I don't even have it on my PC at home. I stuck to XP pro.. Vista is a pile of :censored2: :censored2: if you ask me. Playing around with the betas turned me to a mac user. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54797-microsoft-says-no-vista-on-bootcamp/#findComment-391779 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 sucks for you mac users. What are we missing out on? The "Wow"? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54797-microsoft-says-no-vista-on-bootcamp/#findComment-391785 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soündless Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 can this actually stop us from doing it? i assume not. microsoft is a {censored} Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54797-microsoft-says-no-vista-on-bootcamp/#findComment-391793 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollcage Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 It's NOT illegal to install Vista using Bootcamp, only Parallels, VMWare, etc. Not that's it's going to stop anyone from doing it anyway. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54797-microsoft-says-no-vista-on-bootcamp/#findComment-391800 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soündless Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 yeah. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54797-microsoft-says-no-vista-on-bootcamp/#findComment-391806 Share on other sites More sharing options...
arenared Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 i run my own vlited ultimate vist anyways Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54797-microsoft-says-no-vista-on-bootcamp/#findComment-391807 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzuka Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 It's their loss, this just means less people will buy Vista Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54797-microsoft-says-no-vista-on-bootcamp/#findComment-391808 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nocoast Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 ^"people" don't matter to a company like microsoft, companies, and licenses, however, do...there arent too many "people" (relatively speaking of course...) going out and buying a copy of vista (or any of microsoft's os's for that matter) the majority of their sales (and money) are in licenses/4 million count orders from dell, hp, etc.... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54797-microsoft-says-no-vista-on-bootcamp/#findComment-391854 Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Nonny Moose Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 OK, so for the record, which of the 50,000 versions of Vista is legal to install now? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54797-microsoft-says-no-vista-on-bootcamp/#findComment-391860 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soündless Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 yeah, we don't matter to microsoft. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54797-microsoft-says-no-vista-on-bootcamp/#findComment-391862 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeden Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 The topic's title is insanely misleading; har har har . Someone rename the topic.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54797-microsoft-says-no-vista-on-bootcamp/#findComment-391863 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwhsh8r Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 What are we missing out on? The "Wow"? hahah oh yeah! and uh arenared and others violating this eula (or maybe its not a violation?) at least you payed for it! hahahah like i did (pff) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54797-microsoft-says-no-vista-on-bootcamp/#findComment-391865 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuturDreamz Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 OK, so for the record, which of the 50,000 versions of Vista is legal to install now? none. some for being hacked, some for monopolistic purposes, etc. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54797-microsoft-says-no-vista-on-bootcamp/#findComment-391870 Share on other sites More sharing options...
erbic Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 There's no physical limitation stopping me from actually installing Vista Home in Fusion, right? All there is is the EULA. And although it may be binding, I haven't given a sh*t about EULAs in several years. Ya know, I'm gonna go do this tonight just so I can prove Microsoft wrong. (And to see if I can run Halo or Battlefield 2 with 3D accel in a VM, but that's a secondary concern.) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54797-microsoft-says-no-vista-on-bootcamp/#findComment-391921 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollcage Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 There's no physical limitation stopping me from actually installing Vista Home in Fusion, right? All there is is the EULA. And although it may be binding, I haven't given a sh*t about EULAs in several years. Ya know, I'm gonna go do this tonight just so I can prove Microsoft wrong. (And to see if I can run Halo or Battlefield 2 with 3D accel in a VM, but that's a secondary concern.) It'll work fine, MS will just make a frowny face (example for you own enjoyment: ) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54797-microsoft-says-no-vista-on-bootcamp/#findComment-391922 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheese N' Pancakes Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 microsoft does'nt want to get sued for runining expensive mac hardware! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54797-microsoft-says-no-vista-on-bootcamp/#findComment-391938 Share on other sites More sharing options...
erbic Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 microsoft does'nt want to get sued for runining expensive mac hardware! Ruining? I think not. Only problems I've ever really had with Vista are problems I've caused myself trying to finagle various Linux distributions and their accompanying bootloaders into my configuration. And those all worked out in the end. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54797-microsoft-says-no-vista-on-bootcamp/#findComment-392008 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheese N' Pancakes Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 Ruining? I think not. Only problems I've ever really had with Vista are problems I've caused myself trying to finagle various Linux distributions and their accompanying bootloaders into my configuration. And those all worked out in the end. vista bricked one of my hd's which i had to fix using mac. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54797-microsoft-says-no-vista-on-bootcamp/#findComment-392018 Share on other sites More sharing options...
robotskip Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 It's amazing how these morons are still shouting the "OMG NO VISTA ON BOOTCAMP WAH WAH" - I thought it was beaten in their heads last time ? It seems not. So, you people need to stop Vista cannot be used in a VM, the thing is is that you cannot install Vista [Home Premium] than within that have a VM running Vista and use the same license. Please explain how it 'bricked' your hard drive. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54797-microsoft-says-no-vista-on-bootcamp/#findComment-392025 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheese N' Pancakes Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 It's amazing how these morons are still shouting the "OMG NO VISTA ON BOOTCAMP WAH WAH" - I thought it was beaten in their heads last time ? It seems not. So, you people need to stop Vista cannot be used in a VM, the thing is is that you cannot install Vista [Home Premium] than within that have a VM running Vista and use the same license. Please explain how it 'bricked' your hard drive. i installed it on a fresh hard drive install went fine and then it booted once then i installed the updates and it would'nt boot afterwards. went into xp to format and re-install and it would'nt detect the NTFS!!! so i went into osx and formatted it to HFS+... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54797-microsoft-says-no-vista-on-bootcamp/#findComment-392035 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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