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I've even switched from Google to Bing and Chrome to Internet Explorer for a month. At first the "newness" of it all was a bit jarring, like navagating an alien landscape, but after only a few days I don't think I'm ever going back.
Do yourself a solid and give it a test drive.
What if you install Office on a VM? Can you run the VM from multiple machines? Can you move the VM from your old computer to your newer computer?
As for Windows VMs, I've found if you keep what is presented to Windows stable, it doesn't know the difference. Keep the MAC address on the network card static (this means you can't run two copies on the same network at the same time, which by the license you shouldn't anyway). After running on a number of different processors Windows may want to reauthorize though.
It would not be surprising if they put code that detected a VM in Win8 and Office 2013 some time in the future (or it's already hidden there)
I suppose its a vaguely interesting technical point regarding terms and conditions, but in reality people will just go ahead and reinstall it anyway - with no penalty. I don't really see how this EULA change actually changes anything in practice.
Is that possible? I'm not the software will allow it. The OEM version phones home with your license key during install.
What if you install Office on a VM? Can you run the VM from multiple machines? Can you move the VM from your old computer to your newer computer?
You 'Can'. The issue is Microsoft doesn't think you should (I believe you have to use a VL). As for Windows VMs, I've found if you keep what is presented to Windows stable, it doesn't know the difference. Keep the MAC address on the network card static (this means you can't run two copies on the same network at the same time, which by the license you shouldn't anyway). After running on a number of different processor…
That would be really unfortunate. I run Windows 8 Pro in a VM with a valid license, mostly for the purpose of using Office 2013, which is also a valid license.
How do you define device? The CPU? The storage? The specific instance of the install? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus
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You 'Can'. The issue is Microsoft doesn't think you should (I believe you have to use a VL). As for Windows VMs, I've found if you keep what is presented to Windows stable, it doesn't know the difference. Keep the MAC address on the network card static (this means you can't run two copies on the same network at the same time, which by the license you shouldn't anyway). After running on a number of different processor…
>It would not be surprising if they put code that detected a VM in Win8 and Office 2013 some time in the future. That would be really unfortunate. I run Windows 8 Pro in a VM with a valid license, mostly for the purpose of using Office 2013, which is also a valid license.
I don't care if I need to install a separate, native executable/plugin in order to get better performance. If Google offers something that is usable, I would gladly switch to Google Docs.
The only thing holding me back from going completely to Google Docs is the spreadsheet. For anything real, the Google Spreadsheet is simply not usable. It's a great proof of concept, and it works for small, unuseful spreadsheets, but for doing anything substantive, Excel is several orders of magnitude better. I don't care if I need to install a separate, native executable/plugin in order to get better performance. If…
That said, every time I use Google Spreadsheets I'm surprised at much it's rapidly improving.
How do you define device? The CPU? The storage? The specific instance of the install? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_xp-...