Then pay full price from the start for the unlocked CPU. -----Original Message----- From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 3:53 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Intel wants to charge to unlock features already on your CPU
IMHO, you're splitting hairs. Yes, it's a software upgrade, but it's upgrading the CPU, which is a main component of the hardware. That's like buying a 6 cylinder car, but only being able to use 4 because the on-board computer won't "turn on" the other two cylinders. Sure you get what you paid for, but it's going to bug you that you have two cylinders you can't use, due to software restrictions. If I'm buying a 6-cylinder car, I WANT to be able to use all 6 cylinders. If I want a 4 cylinder car, I'll buy a 4 cylinder car. -----Original Message----- From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 2:57 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Intel wants to charge to unlock features already on your CPU On 21 Sep 2010 at 13:01, John Aldrich wrote: > I see your point WRT the routers/firewalls. That being said, that's a > SOFTWARE upgrade, not a hardware/firmware upgrade. I still bristle at > the idea of paying, essentially the same price for a "crippled" CPU > that I paid > for a similar, non-crippled CPU. Umm, isn't "unlocking" the CPU also a "software upgrade"? -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 Security Blog: http://geoapps.com/ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
