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No DRM for Apple in Intel-based Macs

Posted by Zonk on from the different-sides-of-the-story dept.

JWeinraub writes "OfB is reporting that, contrary to widely-published and discussed rumors, Apple is not including the controversial Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chip in its Intel-based Macs. An anonymous registered Apple developer claims that the Apple x86 test boxes do not have DRM or TCPA components." From the article: "As to why those with access to the kits have been quiet concerning the claims, our source said, 'you can rest assured that Apple is keeping very close tabs on those of us who have them.' The kits are only available to those who accept a non-disclosure agreement."

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  1. Meanwhile, Sony sets the cat among the pigeons... by argent · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Sony is expected to offer optional hard drives for the PS3 with potential memory capacity of 80 or 120 GB. It remains to be decided whether the standard version of the PS3 will come complete with a hard drive. The operating system has also yet to be clarified. The integrated Cell processor will be able to support a variety of operating systems (such as Linux or Apple's Tiger).

  2. Let's go over the real cost of Windows once more by 5n3ak3rp1mp · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Here are some statistics gathered by me, just now, on my work laptop. This is the REAL cost of Windows, at least in a corporate environment.

    Top 5 Resource Hogs in each resource category, 10 minutes after booting
    Showing processes from all users

    CPU Time
    taskmgr.exe 43s
    mcshield.exe 39s
    IEXPLORE.EXE 16s
    svchost.exe 13s
    explorer.exe 12s

    Mem Usage
    sqlservr.exe 56.4M (yup, it's a database server, alright... and it eats RAM for breakfast... AND lunch...)
    inetinfo.exe 31M
    mcshield.exe 25.8M
    blackd.exe 25.2M (Granted, "blackd.exe is the intrusion detection system of the BlackICE computer protection firewall"...) Hmmm.
    svchost.exe 23.5M

    VM Size
    sqlservr.exe 28.9M
    mcshield.exe 22.4M
    IEXPLORE.EXE 22.4M
    svchost.exe 15.9M
    explorer.exe 14.1M

    Page Faults
    mcshield.exe 52,400
    tsmjbbd.exe 32,028
    svchost.exe 22,153
    iPodService.exe 18,790 (whoa)
    sqlservr.exe 14,935

    I/O Reads
    services.exe 38,032
    mcshield.exe 29,325
    winlogon.exe 27,169
    csrss.exe 17,454
    UpdaterUI.exe 13,901

    I/O Read (Bytes)
    mcshield.exe 146,334,118 (that's 146 megs, 146 million bytes!)
    svchost.exe 28,979,182
    tsmjbbd.exe 8,643,108
    IEXPLORE.EXE 7,492,844
    blackd.exe 4,996,131

    I/O Writes
    services.exe 38,651
    blackd.exe 33,804
    tsmjbbd.exe 5,716
    svchost.exe 5,239
    winlogon.exe 4,662

    I/O Write (Bytes)
    tsmjbbd.exe 125,997,316 (125 megs of backup writes? At boot? ...Every boot??)
    svchost.exe 11,617,200
    services.exe 5,468,445
    System 3,460,292
    IEXPLORE.EXE 3,002,950

    Now, ok. I know which processes these all are, being a geeky coder and voracious googler by trade and all, so let's take em one at a time by christian name.
    • tsmjbbd.exe aka Tivoli Storage Manager. What does it need to be doing at boot time, especially after I just booted this morning and then rebooted to take these statistics? And why so much data? With all those extra virtual memory page faults which cause a trip to disk?
    • mcshield.exe aka McAfee VirusScan. Well, if I ever suspected this guy was slowing down my machine, I just caught its absolute resource hogging, nay, resource grand larceny, red-handed. Sucking the life of my laptop right out of it. I know it's domain e-policy and all that, but in my humble opinion, this thing needs to be taken out back and shot with a 12-gauge. That is a lot of resource consumption, no matter how you look at it. No wonder my home "test" PC, safely behind a firewall/router and running no antivirus or antispyware, seems so much more zippy (and actually stays clean). (Won't even discuss my home Mac. That would be unfair.)
    • Internet Explorer. Hey, at least it's a known pig. I am a web/database developer, so I've made peace with that. Can't do much about it, except that the damn Deloitte homepage automatically opens 10 minutes after booting, which I'd like to turn off, please. I know how to get to it if I need to...
    • SQL Server. I need it for my development work. It's an enterprise database server, so it's just a 900 lb. Microsoft gorilla dancing around the room ::cough:: Ballmer ::cough:: and one just has to accept it. Can't do much about that either... unless I set it up to not run at boot and just run on demand. (Know how I can do that, or somehow defer the loading of it to maybe 15 minutes after booting? I should probably know this, already... but if you think about it, all the clients I visit insist on running it in always-on mode, for some reason... ;) )
    • BlackICE. Wait a minute. Doesn't XP SP2 include a built-in firewall? What exactly is BlackICE doing for us, and why is it sucking resources at boot? I am always behind either a router or other fi