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Microsoft changes their mind about allowing virtulization of Vista Home and Premium

  • June 20, 2007
  • 1 minute read
No virtualization for home or premium? Is a ploy to take more money back from the consumer to buy the “super-duper-more-expensive” version so that you can do virtualization? Microsoft ditches about-face on virtualization restrictions at 11th hour – Microsoft this week was about to relent and allow the (legal) virtualization of Windows Vista Home Premium and Home Basic. Then the company pulled the plug on the announcement, but there are signs that a change is still possible. Read More… [Ars Technica]

No virtualization for home or premium? Is a ploy to take more money back from the consumer to buy the “super-duper-more-expensive” version so that you can do virtualization?

Microsoft ditches about-face on virtualization restrictions at 11th hour –

Microsoft this week was about to relent and allow the (legal) virtualization of Windows Vista Home Premium and Home Basic. Then the company pulled the plug on the announcement, but there are signs that a change is still possible.

Read More…

[Ars Technica]


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