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ChrisM
Not sure how much of this is true, but I believe most of it is, and even if
only 1/4 is true, it's enough to make me think twice or even thrice about
going anywhere near Vista for a long time yet...
http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.txt
Executive Summary
-----------------
Windows Vista includes an extensive reworking of core OS elements in order
to
provide content protection for so-called "premium content", typically HD
data
from Blu-Ray and HD-DVD sources. Providing this protection incurs
considerable costs in terms of system performance, system stability,
technical
support overhead, and hardware and software cost. These issues affect not
only users of Vista but the entire PC industry, since the effects of the
protection measures extend to cover all hardware and software that will ever
come into contact with Vista, even if it's not used directly with Vista (for
example hardware in a Macintosh computer or on a Linux server). This
document
analyses the cost involved in Vista's content protection, and the collateral
damage that this incurs throughout the computer industry.
Executive Executive Summary
only 1/4 is true, it's enough to make me think twice or even thrice about
going anywhere near Vista for a long time yet...
http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.txt
Executive Summary
-----------------
Windows Vista includes an extensive reworking of core OS elements in order
to
provide content protection for so-called "premium content", typically HD
data
from Blu-Ray and HD-DVD sources. Providing this protection incurs
considerable costs in terms of system performance, system stability,
technical
support overhead, and hardware and software cost. These issues affect not
only users of Vista but the entire PC industry, since the effects of the
protection measures extend to cover all hardware and software that will ever
come into contact with Vista, even if it's not used directly with Vista (for
example hardware in a Macintosh computer or on a Linux server). This
document
analyses the cost involved in Vista's content protection, and the collateral
damage that this incurs throughout the computer industry.
Executive Executive Summary