Re:Hey Paydirt: Your Site Works Just Fine In IE
by robocat on Wednesday May 09, 2012 @06:56AM
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Sure you can run the VHD in VirtualBox. Then you run into driver problems (the VM drivers are set up for VirtualPC) and activation problems (see comment on other thread). And you get to do everything again in three months and hope nothing else has changed.
The VMs are free if your time is free.
Re:Hey Paydirt: Your Site Works Just Fine In IE
by jongalloway2 on Thursday May 10, 2012 @02:56AM
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The only VM that requires any driver config is IE6, and these scripts handle that: https://github.com/xdissent/ievms
You don't need to activate Windows, you can (legally, supported by Microsoft) extend the grace period to 180 days, and you can even automate that. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/vista-hands-on-9-use-vista-fo...
It's been that way for 5+ years.
Where is that $300 coming from? You run VirtualBox on your computer (free), install free VHD's (free), and free the free free with your free free (free).