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<blockquote data-quote="PerryLynch" data-source="post: 590345" data-attributes="member: 38563"><p>Microsoft's licensing practices may not be as elegant as Apple's, but the fat remains that using the same license for multiple installations of their products violates their End User License Agreement and can be considered copyright infringement or software piracy, depending on your jurisdiction. </p><p></p><p>Here's what you do to do this cheaply and legally:</p><p>1. Get the 30-day trial of VMWare Fusion or Parallels. </p><p>2. Get the cheapest copy of XP Service Pack 2 that you can find. An OEM version may have some vendor-specific details slipstreamed into it, but should still work. Or if you work for a company that has a Volume Licensing Agreement with MS, approach the IT Director with your cause. A sympathetic ear may result in obtaining one of their older, non-volume licensed copies of XP that came in a box from HP or Dell. </p><p>3. If you can get Office 07 for $99, I'm very jealous. I paid much more :-/</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PerryLynch, post: 590345, member: 38563"] Microsoft's licensing practices may not be as elegant as Apple's, but the fat remains that using the same license for multiple installations of their products violates their End User License Agreement and can be considered copyright infringement or software piracy, depending on your jurisdiction. Here's what you do to do this cheaply and legally: 1. Get the 30-day trial of VMWare Fusion or Parallels. 2. Get the cheapest copy of XP Service Pack 2 that you can find. An OEM version may have some vendor-specific details slipstreamed into it, but should still work. Or if you work for a company that has a Volume Licensing Agreement with MS, approach the IT Director with your cause. A sympathetic ear may result in obtaining one of their older, non-volume licensed copies of XP that came in a box from HP or Dell. 3. If you can get Office 07 for $99, I'm very jealous. I paid much more :-/ [/QUOTE]
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