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A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection
midi-man midi-manWYTNI...@wp.pl alt games microsoft flight-sim Hi All, http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.txt So, better I stay with XP Home, and fast GF 7950 GT DX9 for now... Regards, Paul.

Is Vista Worth The Cost?
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

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Jose teache...@aol.nojunk.com alt games microsoft flight-sim Well, try again. Even better a number of Linux Distributions have free LiveCD/DVDs that you download, burn and run the distro from the CD/DVD. Actually I do have Knoppix and use it occasionally. But if it can't write to my HD, it's not very useful.

[Rival] The MSBBC is Advertising Windows Vista, at No Cost
If you do get stopped at customs and have to pay, is there any other more serious problem like potential prosecution etc, or is it just the same cost as if forget shipping costs David The eTrex-Vista there cost 305 Pound At This cheaper store http://www.gpsw.co.uk/acatalog/GPS_Categories___Garmin___77.html or

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raam...@hotmail.com alt games microsoft flight-sim Roger wrote: Enough of us complained in the trade journals they sure back tracked on the one time move/activation issue. for how long ? if enough people decide to go onto vista, they will readdress that policy. as far as I am concerned xp, not vista, is the last os

Vista cost
Tom Lake tl...@twcny.rr.com microsoft public windows vista general "LeeG" <lee.gorton(removethis)@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message news:0CF2A114-24DA-49FD-A48C-7D87A5A4614F@microsoft.com... Can anyone in the community explain as to why the cost of Vista here in the UK is up to 3 times the equivilent cost in the US.

when is vista due out and how much will it cost
Roger GetValidAddr...@my.com alt games microsoft flight-sim On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 06:35:48 GMT, Jose <teache...@aol.nojunk.com> wrote: That aside, device firmware can be made to disallow operation without a key exchange, which presumably only certified drivers can supply. First seen with the car radios that don't

looking for low cost scanner with decent Vista software
Bruce Coryell bcory...@chesco.com alt windows-xp GotAnyGnocchi ? wrote: I am curious Supposedly the same as XP. Supposedly.

when is vista due out and how much will it cost
Charlie Wilkes charlie_wil...@users.easynews.com comp os linux advocacy On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 09:47:58 -0700, John Bailo wrote: Roy Schestowitz wrote: Microsoft cuts Vista price a bit This is truly hilarious because the entire reason for creating Vista -- basically XP under a new name -- was to *increase* the revenue

Vista cost
Mike Warren miwa-not-this-...@or-this-csas.net.au borland public off-topic danzer wrote: Informative article about how much effort was put into DRM in Windows Vista. Worth a read IMO. http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.html Time to take another look at Linux. -- -Mike -- borland.public.off-topic

Is Vista Worth The Cost?
I don't have to heap scorn upon Vista, the Windows userbase has done it for me. A recent study by ChangeWave Research on user satisfaction ranked Leopard at 81% and Vista Home at around 20% (XP did better, but still just managed to crack 50%). The professional editions of Vista cost hundreds of dollars more,

Article: A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection
Reading more and more about Vista caused me to do THIS last night: http://www.goodbye-microsoft.com Free Debian Linux installer. Took a while even with broadband. I tested it on an old doorstop, a P3-733. Runs really well, and seamlessly. I can create or open and edit all my .xls files, the multimedia works fine,

What is wrong with windows vista?
TMT On Jan 31, 1:54 am, Cliff <Clhupr...@aol.com> wrote: On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:42:09 -0500, Animated GIF Man <AGMLiteF...@aol.com> wrote: Be prepared for several very rude awakenings: http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.html "Friends don't let friends install Vista..." Interesting. -- Cliff.

Vista cost
Vista drivers are digitally signed and certified. To be certified, they must also reliably detect modifications to the devices themselves. This adds cost and complexity to the devices, since they now have to respond to validity challenges. All devices that want to operate under Vista have to support these

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Rob Pollard robertapoll...@hotmail.com alt games microsoft flight-sim Vista cost loads (£359 GBP), takes up a lot more resources than XP, is slower than XP (on similiar hardware) and likely to introduce some compatibility issues for me. XP in contrast, is rock stable, cheap (I already own it),

Windows Vista Cost is Lowered Amid Poor Sales
Cliff Clhupr...@aol.com alt aol tricks alt aol On Sun, 04 Feb 2007 20:10:54 -0500, Animated GIF Man <AGMLiteF...@aol.com> wrote: On Sun, 04 Feb 2007 18:20:58 -0500, Cliff <Clhupr...@aol.com> wrote in alt.aol.tricks: On Sun, 04 Feb 2007 16:59:06 -0500, Animated GIF Man <AGMLiteF...@aol.com> wrote: My Windows XP SP-2

Vista cost
If the price is too high for what you get and it is in the full blown, top of the line Vista Ultimate, or the OS is too restrictive which Vista is with its DRM. Both of these are like waving a red flag in front of the crackers. It not only gives them a challenge, but reasons to defeat the system. On top of that,

Window Vista is out..
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alangll...@aol.com alangll...@aol.com microsoft public windowsxp general Have others on this NG seen the note on the cost of Windows Vista Content Protection at http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.txt It makes the Saddam Hussein style of "compliance with the rules" seem almost benign.

when is vista due out and how much will it cost
Dave Lyon lct.produ...@mchsi.com rec crafts metalworking My Dishnetworks 508 PVR time shifts fine w/o micro$haft involvement. Wes S Not if they can help it. :(