Microsoft Unveils 'Vista Premium' Requirements

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday June 16, 2006 @05:51AM from the tough-crowd dept.

Graeme writes "Microsoft has finished what some are calling the true minimum requirements for Windows Vista: the finalized requirements for the 'Vista Premium' certification program. The program is used to influence OEM designs, and it gives an idea of what Microsoft thinks Vista really needs to run well, and what they think is in the horizon. The Ars report hits the highlights, and there are some surprises in there, such as a delayed requirement for HDCP. Ars suspects that the slow ramp-up is due to the pact to not use the Image Constraint Token."

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Re:You can see where they're going by pete6677 · 2006-06-16 06:48 · Score: 0, Redundant

Millions of people use Microsoft operating systems with internet access every day. Most of them are not attacked if they take just a few basic precautions, which you must take with Linux anyhow. I know blind Microsoft hatred is fun, but the situation is not nearly as bad as you make it out to be. Put an unpatched Linux box straight on the internet with no firewall and see what happens to it.