Here’s a newer post of my successful installation of Vista.
(Originally posted Feb. 15)
This is really more an update to the original post about installing Windows on a Mac. I’ve since learned that the version of Vista that I bought — Windows Home Premium — is not compatible with a Mac running Parallels.
According to Mary Jo Foley of Zdnet,
“Here’s the back story: Parallels Desktop for Mac product allows users to run Windows and Mac OSX side-by-side on Intel-based Apple machines. But due to Microsoft licensing restrictions, Parallels users are allowed to run only certain versions of Windows Vista – namely Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Enterprise (available to Microsoft volume licensees only) and Windows Vista Ultimate – in a virutalized environment. In order to run Windows Home Basic or Vista Home Premium using Parallels, users must buy additional licenses of these products in order to not violate their end-user license agreements (EULAs), Microsoft officials said. Full story.
Apparently Vista Home Basic will work with BootCamp – the license issue focus on running Vista on a virtual machine. I wish I would have found the Parallels official statement about it before I bought the Home Premium edition.
I found nothing about additional licensing anywhere I looked. Basically, you’ll need to buy either Enterprise or Ultimate to run it with Parallels on your Mac.
