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Posted by Kevin Weaver on January 6, 2007, 6:53 am
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Joe Lauton wrote:
> All the articles I see about Vista are negative IMHO.
> Today PC World showed how V was slower no matter what kind of PC you
> had.
> Could this be the first failed MS program?
>
> jl
>
> On Sat, 06 Jan 2007 04:05:47 GMT, Ken Spencer
>
>> Ran across this today, and it is pretty interesting. Thought you all
>> might enjoy it.
>>
>> Ken
>>
>> Here is an amazing analysis of issues with Vista relating to content
>> protection.??URL:
>> 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.
>>
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