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10:24 MSFT Microsoft seeks premium to allow virtualization of Vista - AppleInsider (28.55 +0.12) -Update-

AppleInsider reports Microsoft plans to charge and arm and a leg to allow users of Apple Computer's (AAPL) Intel (INTC) Macs to run its next-generation Windows Vista operating system under virtualization. In its licensing terms for Vista published this month, the software giant said users of Vista Home Premium and Vista Home Basic "may not use the software installed on the licensed device within a virtual (or otherwise emulated) hardware system."

Instead, Microsoft will require that users purchase a Vista Business or Vista Ultimate license, which will retail for $299 and $399, respectively, in order to emulate the Windows environment. Apple, which plans to allow Windows operability as part of its own next-generation "Leopard" operating system, has so far stated that it will do so through its Boot Camp software -- a dual-booting solution that runs Windows operating systems natively and without the need for emulation.