Microsoft Matches Snow Leopard Price With Windows 7, But Only for Students

[AidenShaw]

You do it from a Windows computer that Microsoft assumes you already have access to for the purchase. MS is targeting PC owners here, not Mac users in a VM environment. That doesn't mean that you cannot use it in said environment, but MS just isn't making things convenient for them.

Yes it's a bit arrogant, but that's how MS chooses to do things.

I don't understand the comment at all.

If you work from the VM, all is fine. You download the stuff from the VM, and run it like you would from a non-emulated Windows environment. The MS installer has no idea that there's an Apple underneath.

If the download is an ISO, you put it on the host OS and attach the ISO to the emulated DVD on the guest, and install normally.

So, the new ISO download option is for both Apples and PCs that are doing bare metal installs, not running the installer from Windows.

 

[pdjudd]

I don't understand the comment at all.

The fact that MS assumes that all of their customers are using using windows and not the possibility that you are running in a Mac under a VM environment since you can't run EXE's on a Mac. Despite of course the fact that you are allowed to use Windows in a VM.. That was what I meant. A bit of course.

If you work from the VM, all is fine. You download the stuff from the VM, and run it like you would from a non-emulated Windows environment. The MS installer has no idea that there's an Apple underneath.

I was addressing the scenario of a person who is starting fresh with the exe they downloaded from MS without a pre-existing VM to use. They would be stuck with having to do the whole rigmarole on another computer

If the download is an ISO, you put it on the host OS and attach the ISO to the emulated DVD on the guest, and install normally.

When all they were offering was an EXE my point made perfect sense. You could not use an EXE with a VM. Buy you had to go and screw up a perfectly good rant and point out that they now offer ISO's.

So, the new ISO download option is for both Apples and PCs that are doing bare metal installs, not running the installer from Windows.

That's the source of your confusion - at the time I was unaware that they did it as an ISO (which is what they should have done from the get go and with all of their products that have large sizes).

 

[AidenShaw]

The fact that MS assumes that all of their customers are using using windows and not the possibility that you are running in a Mac under a VM environment since you can't run EXE's on a Mac. Despite of course the fact that you are allowed to use Windows in a VM.. That was what I meant. A bit of course.

I was addressing the scenario of a person who is starting fresh with the exe they downloaded from MS without a pre-existing VM to use. They would be stuck with having to do the whole rigmarole on another computer

When all they were offering was an EXE my point made perfect sense. You could not use an EXE with a VM. Buy you had to go and screw up a perfectly good rant and point out that they now offer ISO's.

That's the source of your confusion - at the time I was unaware that they did it as an ISO (which is what they should have done from the get go and with all of their products that have large sizes).

So, Microsoft realized that the initial download conditions missed a small fraction of the potential customer base, and moved to fix that omission. Why not "good job, Microsoft" instead of "arrogant"?

 

[pdjudd]

So, Microsoft realized that the initial download conditions missed a small fraction of the potential customer base, and moved to fix that omission. Why not "good job, Microsoft" instead of "arrogant"?

Obviously my impressions changed once MS changed their process. My initial posting reflected the fact that, at the time, it was EXE only. A legitimate gripe.

Its invalid now that that it's an ISO - making it moot. Your being a bit too harsh here. My original comment was reflecting inaccurate information. I acknowledged my mistake and explained my thought process at the time. I did it humorously. Calm down.

 

[AidenShaw]

Obviously my impressions changed once MS changed their process. My initial posting reflected the fact that, at the time, it was EXE only. A legitimate gripe.

Its invalid now that that it's an ISO - making it moot. Your being a bit too harsh here. My original comment was reflecting inaccurate information. I acknowledged my mistake and explained my thought process at the time. I did it humorously. Calm down.

Fair enough, sorry about the temporal anomaly.

 

[NT1440]

I was rather annoyed by them using Digital River and having the whole fiasco with their .box crap. That said, thankfully after just a bit of geek tweaking, I got my iso and installed it.

Great price.

 

[pdjudd]

Fair enough, sorry about the temporal anomaly.

Apology accepted. Feel free to spoil my perfectly good rants with facts henceforth.

 

[AidenShaw]

Apology accepted. Feel free to spoil my perfectly good rants with facts henceforth.

You're welcome.