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   From: lloydparsons@me.com   
      
   In article ,   
    Tommy Troll  wrote:   
      
   > On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:23:47 -0600, Mike  wrote:   
   >   
   > >In article ,   
   > > Tommy Troll  wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 02:55:03 -0600, Chance Furlong   
   > >>  wrote:   
   > >>   
   > >> >One trick that OS X does that Windows can’t is run the opposing   
   > >> >operating system within a virtual machine. Windows has no supported   
   > >> >method of running OS X in parallel with Windows programs. On OS X, you   
   > >> >have the option of running Windows through programs like Parallels and   
   > >> >VMWare Fusion. Failing that, you can use Boot Camp to run Windows   
   > >> >natively as a primary operating system on boot-up.   
   > >>   
   > >> This post is so bogus that you hardly know where to begin. However,   
   > >> the quote above is a good place to start.   
   > >   
   > >Begins to sound like many of yours tom.   
   > >   
   > >>   
   > >> Hey Maccies, you can't legally run OS X anywhere but on a Mac! This is   
   > >> not a Windows issue, it's an Apple license issue. So don't point to   
   > >> Microsoft here, it's the Applopoly that's the issue.   
   > >   
   > >So, you don't think Windows has a license? You can anywhere/anytime it?   
   > >   
   > >   
   > OMG, you have no clue. The Windows 7 single user EULA states:   
   >   
   > "Use with Virtualization Technologies. Instead of using the software   
   > directly on the licensed computer, you may install and use the   
   > software within only one virtual (or otherwise emulated) hardware   
   > system on the licensed computer. When used in a virtualized   
   > environment, content protected by digital rights management   
   > technology, BitLocker or any full volume disk drive encryption   
   > technology may not be as secure as protected content not in a   
   > virtualized environment. You should comply with all domestic and   
   > international laws that apply to such protected content."   
   >   
   > So, yes, as long as you actually buy a copy you can run W7 on a Mac as   
   > a virtual machine. You can also run it under Boot Camp as long as the   
   > Mac is the only machine you install it on. Note that the EULA says   
   > nothing about the brand of computer.   
   >   
   > The Mac OS X single user EULA states:   
   >   
   > "This License allows you to install, use and run one (1) copy of the   
   > Apple Software on a single Apple-labeled computer at a time. You agree   
   > not to install, use or run the Apple Software on any non-Apple-labeled   
   > computer, or to enable others to do so. This License does not allow   
   > the Apple Software to exist on more than one computer at a time, and   
   > you may not make the Apple Software available over a network where it   
   > could be used by multiple computers at the same time."   
   >   
   > So, if someone were to publish virtualization for OS X that would run   
   > on a Dell you could run OS X, but in violation of the EULA. THE   
   > FRIGGING EULA IS HARWARE BRAND SPECIFIC!!!!!!   
   >   
   > Why is this so difficult for you to understand?   
   >   
   >   
   > OH, I forgot who I'm talking to here.   
      
   You are right, Tom.  Apple has always said their OS's belong on their   
   equipment.  Well, other than some licensing deals they did long before   
   the iMacs every came out.   
      
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