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Re:Microsoft Launches Windows QuickStart Kit For Mac Developers by rbanffy on Tuesday April 02, 2013 @04:33PM (#5481896)
A US$25 sold-out USB stick is more friction than a download.
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Re:Microsoft Launches Windows QuickStart Kit For Mac Developers by jpxxx on Tuesday April 02, 2013 @05:29PM (#5482233)
Haha, true. But it's a whole lot better than "Buy shitty VM product, then source a retail/whitebox copy of Windows, then Install and Patch, Install and Patch, and set up Dev tools for about $400."
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Re:Microsoft Launches Windows QuickStart Kit For Mac Developers by rbanffy on Tuesday April 02, 2013 @05:53PM (#5482389)
Did it come with development tools?
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Re:Microsoft Launches Windows QuickStart Kit For Mac Developers by jpxxx on Tuesday April 02, 2013 @08:43PM (#5483342)
Hrm, they label it as "iOS and UX to Windows porting labs". So in a sense.
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