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Nice thought, but the Windows Driver Foundation(WDF) that is built to support the protected path has to be able to check the entire path BEFORE you run ANY DRM videos, otherwise you could just pull an Alcohol 120% and install the "screw u" driver BEFORE playing the DRM and it's bye bye DRM. But don't believe me, read about it at Forbes in an article written by the great Bruce Schneier.

If I wanted to troll Vista I would have put down something like "worst OS ever!" or some crap like that. Put working in the PC sales and repair biz I can say that anything less than a dual core with 2Gb of RAM, which is higher specs that a good 50% or so that is sold at Walmart and Best Buy, and Vista generally equals=giant HDD thrashmonster. That is simply what I have seen with my own eyes. But to quote the above article "And Vista continuously spends CPU time monitoring itself, trying to figure out if you're doing something that it thinks you shouldn't.". That extra CPU time is being sucked up by the DRM and that is CPU time you simply can't get back with Vista.

But don't blame me, I was so jazzed about a new MSFT OS I was a Beta tester for the first time ever. I tried RC1, RC2, RTM, and SP1. And I just never could get it running fast enough to make it worth switching from XP. Aero just isn't a compelling enough feature for me, especially when I can add the same "oooh pretty" in about 3 minutes and a reboot to XP. I just hope they keep the crazy DRM crap out of Win7. Because trying to find Windows XP licenses for my customers next year will probably prove difficult, not to mention drivers for all those Dells and eMachines.

http://www.windowsxlive.net/index.php?id=16

http://www.windowsxlive.net/

Check out the Vista Transformation Pack - turn your XP pc into a Vista PC (at least visually)... without the system lag!

Apparently this works on Windows XP too: http://www.windowsxlive.net/?p=1337

Not a mention of the Vista Transformation Pack in the article?

The VTP makes XP look like Vista, doesn't slow down your computer, and is free. It includes several freeware apps such as a Sidebar, a Start Orb, etc. It is really polished the new version is supposed to be released Monday.

You can also get Vista games on XP.

And with KDE being ported to Windows with KDE 4, you'll also be able to get both Konqueror and Dolphin on XP if you want to try another file manager without shelling out $70.

You could always install the Windows 2003->XP Conversion Pack. It's supposed to make the 2003 install behave more like XP.

The Vista Transformation Pack does a decent job (some visual glitches) of making XP look and act like Vista.

You could always install the Windows 2003->XP Conversion Pack. It's supposed to make the 2003 install behave more like XP.

The Vista Transformation Pack does a decent job (some visual glitches) of making XP look and act like Vista.

Try the Vista Transformation Pack at http://www.windowsxlive.net/?page_id=15.