>despite some of the nifty architectural things they did recently to speed up C2D (integrated L2 cache for example).
The L2 has been integrated since the P3 brainiac.
I don't excuse the Chines piracy but this is at least partly MS's own fault. Vista costs as much in China as is does in the US which makes no fricken sense for a product whose marginal cost of production is virtually $0. Here are the costs: Home Basic $199.00, Home Premium $239.00, Business $299.00 and Ultimate $399.00
In a country where a factory worker makes ~$3/day, these prices are absolutely ridiculous. Vista should probably be prices around $20 there.
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>despite some of the nifty architectural things they did recently to speed up C2D (integrated L2 cache for example). The L2 has been integrated since the P3 brainiac.
I don't excuse the Chines piracy but this is at least partly MS's own fault. Vista costs as much in China as is does in the US which makes no fricken sense for a product whose marginal cost of production is virtually $0. Here are the costs: Home Basic $199.00, Home Premium $239.00, Business $299.00 and Ultimate $399.00 In a country where a factory worker makes ~$3/day, these prices are absolutely ridiculous. Vista should probably be prices around $20 there.