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Free Official MSIE VM's for Linux and Mac

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Re: Free Official MSIE VM's for Linux and Mac

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LinuxVirtualBox.part1.sfx LinuxVirtualBox.part2.rar LinuxVirtualBox.part3.rar LinuxVirtualBox.part4.rar LinuxVirtualBox.part5.rar Why? Why the proprietary rar format? I mean, is there any reason to actually use rar over even "only" xz nowadays or for big downloads, zpaq (lrzip is probably not mainstream enough I guess)? And 1000 megabyte parts? Why?

Seems like a perfect case for distributing with bit-torrent, but I suppose I should not be surprised that they aren't.

Re: Free Official MSIE VM's for Linux and Mac

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If you wanted to legally run multiple versions of IE without having to have multiple Windows licenses for every combination (e.g. IE8/XP, IE8/Win7, IE10 Win7, IE10 Win8, etc...) you had to use the MS-provided virtual machines. However, these were only ever made available as VirtualPC images. So there was no way to run them, even on Windows, without all sorts of machinations (some of which may have violated the ToS).

I was always impressed that Microsoft let you use Windows in a virtual machine on another platform at all (not all their competitors do). But then I realised that it made business sense for them.

Which competitors don't? The only competitor that comes to mind is Apple and they don't block this either -- though I believe they were the last holdout. Nor does Google, in any capacity, with Android or ChromeOS.

Edit: I am dead wrong. Apple only permits the virtualization of OS X on Apple hardware, per the EULA. It does not permit the virtualization of OS X on non-Apple hardware.

http://www.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/OSX1082.pdf

Re: Free Official MSIE VM's for Linux and Mac

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post #11

LinuxVirtualBox.part1.sfx LinuxVirtualBox.part2.rar LinuxVirtualBox.part3.rar LinuxVirtualBox.part4.rar LinuxVirtualBox.part5.rar Why? Why the proprietary rar format? I mean, is there any reason to actually use rar over even "only" xz nowadays or for big downloads, zpaq (lrzip is probably not mainstream enough I guess)? And 1000 megabyte parts? Why?

Looks like someone from Microsoft has some old warez scene habits.

Re: Free Official MSIE VM's for Linux and Mac

#24
post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was always impressed that Microsoft let you use Windows in a virtual machine on another platform at all (not all their competitors do). But then I realised that it made business sense for them.

Which competitors don't? The only competitor that comes to mind is Apple and they don't block this either -- though I believe they were the last holdout. Nor does Google, in any capacity, with Android or ChromeOS. Edit: I am dead wrong . Apple only permits the virtualization of OS X on Apple hardware, per the EULA. It does not permit the virtualization of OS X on non-Apple hardware. http://www.apple.com/legal/sla/doc…

You still can't run OS X on non-Apple hardware can you? I'd love it if they changed that.

Re: Free Official MSIE VM's for Linux and Mac

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I had been using these to game my Dropbox account:

1. Configure the VM up the point of signing up / downloading the client. 2. Change the PC Name & spoof a new Mac Address in the VM. 3. Sign up under a referral code. 4. Rollback to the snapshot in step 1.

Re: Free Official MSIE VM's for Linux and Mac

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Wow, what's the $860 for, hosting?

I'm not sure I follow.

http://i.imgur.com/8STooks.png ?

edit: Ah, I see after clicking it says, "Donate to support the development of ievms". Wasn't criticizing, just curious what it was for.

Re: Free Official MSIE VM's for Linux and Mac

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post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which competitors don't? The only competitor that comes to mind is Apple and they don't block this either -- though I believe they were the last holdout. Nor does Google, in any capacity, with Android or ChromeOS. Edit: I am dead wrong . Apple only permits the virtualization of OS X on Apple hardware, per the EULA. It does not permit the virtualization of OS X on non-Apple hardware. http://www.apple.com/legal/sla/doc…

You still can't run OS X on non-Apple hardware can you? I'd love it if they changed that.

Sure you can. They have 10.8 VMs for VMWare Workstation. I'd recommend at least 8gb of RAM for smoother access though.

Re: Free Official MSIE VM's for Linux and Mac

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post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which competitors don't? The only competitor that comes to mind is Apple and they don't block this either -- though I believe they were the last holdout. Nor does Google, in any capacity, with Android or ChromeOS. Edit: I am dead wrong . Apple only permits the virtualization of OS X on Apple hardware, per the EULA. It does not permit the virtualization of OS X on non-Apple hardware. http://www.apple.com/legal/sla/doc…

You still can't run OS X on non-Apple hardware can you? I'd love it if they changed that.

http://www.hackintosh.com/
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