Why are they encrypting data traffic across the PCI-X bus? That seems like a waste of computing power. So they can help computer makers sell new machines, which will in turn run the new OS, perhaps? Otherwise, with a current PC's capabilities, you could just replace the HDD every few years, re-install the OS, maybe replace a fan or two, and you would be good to go.
>Nigel Page is a strategist with Microsoft Australia. He told APC today that >Vista would work best on a video card with more than 256MB RAM, 2GB of DDR3 >memory and a S-ATA 2 hard drive. > >"There's a LOT of encryption and decryption going on. We communicate on the >PCI Express bus in a fully encrypted format because it is considered a >public bus. > >"The downside is that all your existing flat panel monitors and projectors >aren't going to work with high-def videos in Vista. Bad news." >http://www.apcstart.com/teched/pivot/entry.php?id=6 > >-Kevin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:173139 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
