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No Full HD Playback for 32-bit Vista
snafu109 writes "Pity the Vista user with a 32-bit CPU. Senior Program Manager Steve Riley announced today at Tech.Ed Australia that full HD content shall only be played at the full resolution where only signed drivers are used — only in the 64-bit version of Vista. From the article: '"Any next-generation high definition content will not play in x32 at all," said Riley. "This is a decision that the Media Player folks made because there are just too many ways right now for unsigned kernel mode code [to compromise content protection]. The media companies asked us to do this and said they don't want any of their high definition content to play in x32 at all, because of all of the unsigned malware that runs in kernel mode can get around content protection, so we had to do this."'"
... by the time Vista finally hits store shelves, 32-bit CPUs will be a long forgotten antique.
i guess this the major upgrade MS is talking about!
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Wait, so Microsoft is cutting back on feature bloat in the name of security? (Clicks heels chanting "there's no place like home.")
Information wants a fueled airplane waiting at the hangar and no one gets hurt.
I am shocked that Microsoft wouldn't put their end-user's interests first I'll tell you.
Oh... wait... Never mind.
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That sounds less like volunteering and more like voluntolding.
Blerg.
"The media companies asked us to do this ..... so we had to do this."
;-)
Interesting - after all, thats precisely the line Apple uses about the DRM in ITMS songs.
Just another way MS is copying Apple
There are shills on slashdot. Apparently, I'm one of them.
Does anyone have video footage of Microsoft bending over for the media companies? I was hoping it was caught on film.
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Yes, and that means that all kinds of malware like openoffice.org, third party antivirus scanners, games and such will be automatically removed by Windows Vista Security tools.
Is it just me, or is this actually good news?
RiAA and MPAA chastizing Microsofts products That's like two jocks terminating each other while the nerd scores the hot chick.
"Media companies are ruining innovation"... by making people embrace 64-bit technology?
To get the full Windows Vista experience I need,
A shit hot graphics card
A shit load of RAM
A shit load of harddrive space
And a brand new shit fast processor
I think we all know where the real shit lies...
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This is another example of the media companies dictating what the consumer can purchase in the marketplace. They have been hampering innovation since the beginning of time.
I know--it's what killed the dinosaurs.
I agree totaly. I no longer buy CDs or DVDs, don't go to movies and refuse to use any electronic device.
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Dude, he didn't even use the term "here" correctly, and you're arguing about "meme"?!
:)
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Didn't you know VLC supports everything?