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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•4 months agoI’d almost bet money that in a year or two they’ll make it so that the latest version of windows cannot be installed in virtual machines
minus-square@CeeBee_Ehlink14•edit-24 months agoThat would break 90+% of installations then. And all of Azure.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•4 months agoThat’s when they “graciously” offer to whitelist “approved” devices to boot windows VM from.
minus-square@CeeBee_Ehlink4•4 months agoThen anyone running a Windows VM would just switch to a Server edition, which is almost exclusively run via a VM.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•4 months agoI have a morbid curiosity to see that happen.
I’d almost bet money that in a year or two they’ll make it so that the latest version of windows cannot be installed in virtual machines
That would break 90+% of installations then. And all of Azure.
That’s when they “graciously” offer to whitelist “approved” devices to boot windows VM from.
Then anyone running a Windows VM would just switch to a Server edition, which is almost exclusively run via a VM.
I have a morbid curiosity to see that happen.
Yes and