Re: [tlug] linux notebooks, virtualization, windows: give up on virtualized Windows: Why?: General Negativity: Expensive, Not Impossible

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On Tue, 03 Aug 2010 09:46:06 +0900, Darren Cook <darren@example.com> wrote:

[> jep200404@example.com wrote:]

[> > Darren Cook wrote:]

> >> (Looks like I'll have to give up on the virtualized [W]indows dream).
> > 
> > Why? 
> 
> So far only negative responses (including yours - perhaps I
> misunderstood it?). 

What I wrote was certainly not cheery, but should not be construed 
as requiring you to give up on using Windows within a virtual 
machine within Linux. 

What my post suggests is that it can be _expensive_ to acquire 
the version of Windows that is legal to run in a virtual machine. 

Maybe the version of Windows included with the machine you buy 
is sufficient to run in a virtual machine; maybe not. 
Maybe you'll have to buy a separate copy of a more expensive 
version. 

The devil is in the details. Read the license(s).