Windows Vista Free!

[Brent Anderson]

Parallels does support Vista, however M$'s EULA restricts  
virtualizing to only the Business and Ultimate versions.

Ah, the wonders of confusing software version structures. Isn't it  
amazing that pretty much every other vendor (At least, anyone worth  
speaking of) offers one version of their Operating System? That  
doesn't include Server Versions, of course, but anyone interested in  
actually buying a computer for day to day use isn't going to look at  
that as an option, are they?


On Mar 14, 2007, at 1:54 PM, Richmond Mathewson wrote:

> Gosh! Wow! Jolly-Hockey-Sticks!
>
> And, Windows Vista comes with lots of hidden extras
> that crop up just when you need them; they're called
> Viruses, Torojans, Malware and Spyware.
>
> For some 'funny' reason none of my Pentium IIIs 700
> MHz "warhorses" can cope with Windows Vista - and,
> oddly enough, that doesn't matter because they do a
> wonderful job running Ubuntu.
>
> Guess I'll just stick with my Dear "old" (i.e. 4
> years) G4 Dual Mirror Door Wind-Tunnel (Hey, now
> that's a groovy moniker for a computer), the PPC
> Mac-Mini (I had to move quickly!) and the warhorses -
> minimal maintenance both in terms of time and money.
> When Apple stop support for PPC I will, either
> continue with the last PPC version of the Mac OS or
> swap over to a PPC version of Linux.
>
> Here, in Bulgaria, folks are either sticking with
> their pirate versions of Win 98, 2000, 2003 or XP, or
> (when the police start breathing down their necks)
> stumping up the $$$ for a legal version fo XP. Nobody,
> but nobody, has the money to buy a PC capable of
> coping with the high demands of Vista. A very few have
> changed over to Linux; no doubt more will.
>
> Please do not think I am belittling Runtime Revolution
> (the company); but I am belittling the baby that spent
> far too long in the womb and now suffers from all the
> faults of its ancestors, plus a few more.
>
> Certainly, were I the owner of an Intel Mac (which I
> suppose I will become one of these days - not for a
> while though) I would be interested in the Parallels
> offer. As it is at the moment I am fairly well off
> with the last Connectix version of Virtual PC running
> Win98.
>
> I believe that PARALLELS WILL NOT RUN VISTA although I
> would not swear to it.
>
> While I'm on a "rant" I will sound off about N***le
> breakfast cereals:
>
> The other day I bought a box of 'chocolate balls' (I
> can't remember what they are called) that my children
> eat to guarantee hyper-activity, and noticed it came
> with a CD computer-game which would only function on
> Windows (3 hours later, puffing and blowing, I got it
> running on WINE!) Luckily my children are as daft as
> their father so did not start the inevitable "I wanna
> Windows box" whine - but the manipulative intent of
> this kind of "freebie" is clear to anybody but the
> Epsilon semi-morons.
>
> Its been a long day and its "my time of the month"
> (i.e. when I grow hairs on the palms of my hands). . .
> :)
>
> sincerely, Richmond Mathewson
>
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