Microsoft internet explorer for Mac OS X Lion?

Anyone tried this already? Windows 7 in virtualbox for free! Works like a charm.

http://osxdaily.com/2011/09/04/internet-explorer-for-mac-ie7-ie8-ie-9-free/

Legally it's a bit dubious (there is a 30 day limit for a reason, avoiding it is questionable) but it should work.

VirtualBox is free. You have to provide your own full version retail copy of Windows 7.

Not sure what the article means by, "Internet Explorer testing virtual machines from Microsoft". A very basic structure of Windows that essentially only runs IE?

As Csound1 noted though, circumventing the lock as very unlikely to be legal.

No actually, you get a copy of windows with a 30 day license, VM snapshots can make that last much longer, but I doubt the legality of the trick.

Heh! Yes, I just noticed the matching note further down in the article and edited my previous post. Not smart of osxdaily to publish suspect advice.

Kurt Lang wrote:

Heh! Yes, I just noticed the matching note further down in the article and edited my previous post. Not smart of osxdaily to publish suspect advice.

I was thinking the same thing.

Not smart of osxdaily to publish suspect advice.

What do you expect from something with this on their front page:

OSX Daily is not a reputable publication and such dubious advice is out of place here.

Sure it sounds a bit dubious but the solution is meant for testing webpages in IE. It sounds a bit over the top to buy a Windows license only because you have to use Internet Explorer. It is already stupid that Microsoft doesn't provide an IE version for OSX or Linux while, on the other hand, you can download Safari for Windows (for free).

MHB973 wrote:

Sure it sounds a bit dubious but the solution is meant for testing webpages in IE. It sounds a bit over the top to buy a Windows license only because you have to use Internet Explorer. It is already stupid that Microsoft doesn't provide an IE version for OSX or Linux while, on the other hand, you can download Safari for Windows (for free).

But you are not 'testing' and you would be avoiding the licensing restrictions in order to avoid paying for one, what do you call that?

It is a 30 day license. After that period you have to revert to the clean installation again. Not much worth as an usable OS in this way I guess.

Not really, and Wine is free, IE 7 and 8 will run in that (without Windows)

Well if that would be stable and IE9 would also work with that, I would be using Wine. Afaik that solution is too buggy...but it's a while ago since I tried that.

It's still possible to download Safari for Windows from Apple, but they ceased development all the way back in early 2009.

Thanks much for your post. Looks like Crossover, one of the apps you recommended is going to work out perfectly for us! 🙂

the City of Chicago also requires MIE for its form-based interfaces, so you can add them to the list of the clueless, although I think the choices made by IT departments have more to do with monetary interests...