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Where to get Windows 7?
Posted: 14. Aug 2014, 12:48
by jrahma
Hi,
I am planning to use Windows 7 VM on Mac. Just downloaded the Oracle VM for Mac and will install it today but I want to ask wheer can I get the Windows 7 platform from?
Thanks,
Jassim
Re: Where to get Windows 7?
Posted: 14. Aug 2014, 12:54
by mpack
You buy it from Microsoft. I believe they have an online store. Failing that there are the likes of Amazon and eBay etc.
Re: Where to get Windows 7?
Posted: 14. Aug 2014, 13:53
by jrahma
buy what? the OS? I only need the vdi files?
Re: Where to get Windows 7?
Posted: 15. Aug 2014, 02:21
by mpack
I'm not 100% sure that I understand what you mean by "the Windows 7 platform". Windows is copyrighted software. The only legal way to obtain it is to buy a license, though it can be second hand.
You will not find any links to pirated downloads here. No preprepared Windows images.
Re: Where to get Windows 7?
Posted: 15. Aug 2014, 05:56
by BillG
A .vdi file is simply a virtual hard drive file. From the vm's point of view, it is a hard drive.
You create the system files on this .vdi file in exactly the same way as you create them on a physical HDD - you install Windows 7 in the vm using the Microsoft install media.