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Microsoft have been offering virtual machines for years now [1]. I know they offered Virtual PC and VirtualBox previously, is the news that Parallels is now su

Microsoft have been offering virtual machines for years now [1]. I know they offered Virtual PC and VirtualBox previously, is the news that Parallels is now supported? [1] http://superuser.com/q/109944/23461 http://superuser.com/q/109944/23461

jagtesh 11y ago
Nope. They've offered Parallels for years too.
- deleted 11y ago
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- Cuuugi 11y ago
  I mean, I don't know when they released windows 10 VM's, that might be new.
  - jagtesh 11y ago
    Not that either (proof: https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2015/08/17/windows-10-virtual-machines-now-available-on-microsoft-edge-dev/ https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2015/08/17/windows-10-vi...) Let's face it, this was a click bait (esp the free bit) and we all fell for it.
    - carbocation 11y ago
      Since most of us seemed not to know about it, and since this could be useful to many of us, it's not totally clear to me that "click bait" applies here.
      - dohboy 11y ago
        Just because you didn't knew does not makes it any less click bait.
        thecatspaw 11y ago
        Im not sure how the title is click-bait, can you explain? For me click-bait would mean "Microsoft releases software for free! You will never believe what the 4th iso contains!" or something to that effect
        dewiz 11y ago
        haters gonna hate, some people don't like to see "Microsoft" and "free" in the same sentence, unless it's something bad about the company. Of course MS does this for its own business, and why not, that doesn't make it any click-bait title...
        dave2000 11y ago
        Don't be a twat. Someone posted a link to genuinely useful info that many people wouldn't have been aware of. So it's not linkbait. Look up the definition.
        nailer 11y ago
        Totally agreed with the content, but please avoid name calling on HN.
        dave2000 11y ago
        Totally got 17 points, bro.
        dang 11y ago
        The civility rule here has nothing to do with points.
        dave2000 11y ago
        My point is that a bunch of people favoured my comment over any civility rule.
    - Piskvorrr 11y ago
      Well, it is "free as in beer", with some strings attached (90-day usage limit, no production use); still very useful for testing (this used to be at modern.ie, apparently moved to a new address).
      - deleted 11y ago
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      - rbanffy 11y ago
        Modern.ie redirects to this, not sure since when.
  - manarth 11y ago
    This just shows the importance of having date metatags - e.g. dc.date.created. How old is this content…is it new? Was it published a day ago, a month ago, a year ago? I guess we'll never know.
    - timdorr 11y ago
      Each download has a build number that is a date: 20150801
Dolores12 11y ago
they used to have a website made especially for that at https://modern.ie https://modern.ie
- Piskvorrr 11y ago
  Now redirects to the URL given in the submission. Not much to see here.
nailer 11y ago
If you're on a Mac and want to use OS X's inbuilt virtualization, the VMware Fusion images work on Veertu.
- fit2rule 11y ago
  So instead of buying VMWare Fusion you're suggesting people buy Veertu?
  - nailer 11y ago
    Yep. The speed destroys every other virtualisation app on OS X.

jagtesh 11y ago

Nope. They've offered Parallels for years too.

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Cuuugi 11y ago
I mean, I don't know when they released windows 10 VM's, that might be new.
- jagtesh 11y ago
  Not that either (proof: https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2015/08/17/windows-10-virtual-machines-now-available-on-microsoft-edge-dev/ https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2015/08/17/windows-10-vi...) Let's face it, this was a click bait (esp the free bit) and we all fell for it.
  - carbocation 11y ago
    Since most of us seemed not to know about it, and since this could be useful to many of us, it's not totally clear to me that "click bait" applies here.
    - dohboy 11y ago
      Just because you didn't knew does not makes it any less click bait.
      - thecatspaw 11y ago
        Im not sure how the title is click-bait, can you explain? For me click-bait would mean "Microsoft releases software for free! You will never believe what the 4th iso contains!" or something to that effect
        dewiz 11y ago
        haters gonna hate, some people don't like to see "Microsoft" and "free" in the same sentence, unless it's something bad about the company. Of course MS does this for its own business, and why not, that doesn't make it any click-bait title...
      - dave2000 11y ago
        Don't be a twat. Someone posted a link to genuinely useful info that many people wouldn't have been aware of. So it's not linkbait. Look up the definition.
        nailer 11y ago
        Totally agreed with the content, but please avoid name calling on HN.
        dave2000 11y ago
        Totally got 17 points, bro.
        dang 11y ago
        The civility rule here has nothing to do with points.
        dave2000 11y ago
        My point is that a bunch of people favoured my comment over any civility rule.
  - Piskvorrr 11y ago
    Well, it is "free as in beer", with some strings attached (90-day usage limit, no production use); still very useful for testing (this used to be at modern.ie, apparently moved to a new address).
    - deleted 11y ago
      [deleted]
    - rbanffy 11y ago
      Modern.ie redirects to this, not sure since when.
- manarth 11y ago
  This just shows the importance of having date metatags - e.g. dc.date.created. How old is this content…is it new? Was it published a day ago, a month ago, a year ago? I guess we'll never know.
  - timdorr 11y ago
    Each download has a build number that is a date: 20150801

Dolores12 11y ago

they used to have a website made especially for that at https://modern.ie https://modern.ie

Piskvorrr 11y ago
Now redirects to the URL given in the submission. Not much to see here.

nailer 11y ago

If you're on a Mac and want to use OS X's inbuilt virtualization, the VMware Fusion images work on Veertu.

fit2rule 11y ago
So instead of buying VMWare Fusion you're suggesting people buy Veertu?
- nailer 11y ago
  Yep. The speed destroys every other virtualisation app on OS X.