Right now people have absolutely no reason to purchase the latest, greatest machines. The average user doesn't really need more than an Athlon 2800+ to function or a midrange P4.
No one *needs* Dual Core processors etc. beside gamers and niche markets. Video Production,Maybe some developers, desktop publishing etc. But if the latest greatest OS *needs* a Faster computer, people will buy faster computers. It's what has happened each time a new MS OS came out. The Recommended system requirements increase, computer manufacturers up their 'mid range' and people buy computers and components to upgrade. The encryption can also be part of whatever DRM functions are going to be built into the new operating system.Maybe it is necessary to interact with the new Intel motherboards that will have DRM at the chip level, who knows. On 9/7/05, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:173209 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
