When AMD switched over to the 65nm process, they also switched a couple of their single-core Athlon 64's. Look for the "Lima" cores for Socket AM2. AFAIK, they have a Thermal Design Point of 45 watts.
It has to do with the AOL trials, demo programs, etc. that Dell loads on the Windows PCs. The companies that publish the software pays Dell to load their crappy software on new consumer PCs. I suspect part of this goes to subsidize the price of the computer. Linux currently has no companies pushing crapware on it, so it will be more expensive. When/if Linux goes mainstream, though, you'll have commercial companies paying Dell and others to install their crappy linux software demos. When this happens, the price of a new Linux-preloaded machine will go down, but you'll have to contend with crapware the same way you do under Windows today.
Just because we have a first amendment doesn't mean that the powers-that-be will follow it.
For example, consider the Alien and Sedition acts, passed by the Fifth congress (1798) under the direction of John Adams. The Federalists at that time were trying to consolidate their hold on the government. The Alien and Sedition Acts were passed, as part of a Federalist blitz to prepare to defend the United States from French attack. Never mind the fact that France currently busy invading Europe, making an attack on the US unlikely. The Federalists were fearful of foreign subversion by French and Irish immigrants, especially since both groups were active in the Jeffersonian party, the Federalists opposition. To counter this threat, the Federalists passed the Alien and Sedition Acts.
Part of the A&S acts, the Sedition Act, "made it a crime to publish 'false, scandalous, and malicious writing' against the government or its officials." (Wikipedia: Alien and Sedition Acts). Publishing such offensive information against the government would lead to fines and imprisonment. This act was used to stifle the Jeffersonian opposition, and lead to the imprisonment of several key Jeffersonian printers, such as David Brown.
Fortunately, all of the A&S acts, except the Alien Enemies Act, were repealed. However, the fact is that the constitution was blatantly violated for the reason of protecting the nation from the dangerous French subversives.
The scary part is, our congress and president are now casting similar laws (*cough*Patriot Act*cough), to protect us from dangerous Islamic terrorists.
In 90% of the "IE-only" sites I've encountered, the problem is not that they would need to re-make their site but that they stuck some "browser verification" script on the front page that doesn't know anything about the capability of non-IE browsers and thus excludes them.
I've seen an example of this: a few years ago, my bank's online banking site required the use of Internet Explorer. Not Firefox, Konqueror, or any other browser. Since I use my KDE/Linux desktop to do my finances (among other things), this was quite inconvenient. I discovered that by changing the browser identification string in Konqueror, I could connect just fine to their site.
Luckily, someone at the bank got smart. They changed their website to be more compatible two months later.
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Apparently, his BIOS won't boot the operating system until the hard drives are completed spun-up.
When AMD switched over to the 65nm process, they also switched a couple of their single-core Athlon 64's. Look for the "Lima" cores for Socket AM2. AFAIK, they have a Thermal Design Point of 45 watts.
It has to do with the AOL trials, demo programs, etc. that Dell loads on the Windows PCs. The companies that publish the software pays Dell to load their crappy software on new consumer PCs. I suspect part of this goes to subsidize the price of the computer. Linux currently has no companies pushing crapware on it, so it will be more expensive. When/if Linux goes mainstream, though, you'll have commercial companies paying Dell and others to install their crappy linux software demos. When this happens, the price of a new Linux-preloaded machine will go down, but you'll have to contend with crapware the same way you do under Windows today.
Just because we have a first amendment doesn't mean that the powers-that-be will follow it.
For example, consider the Alien and Sedition acts, passed by the Fifth congress (1798) under the direction of John Adams. The Federalists at that time were trying to consolidate their hold on the government. The Alien and Sedition Acts were passed, as part of a Federalist blitz to prepare to defend the United States from French attack. Never mind the fact that France currently busy invading Europe, making an attack on the US unlikely. The Federalists were fearful of foreign subversion by French and Irish immigrants, especially since both groups were active in the Jeffersonian party, the Federalists opposition. To counter this threat, the Federalists passed the Alien and Sedition Acts.
Part of the A&S acts, the Sedition Act, "made it a crime to publish 'false, scandalous, and malicious writing' against the government or its officials." (Wikipedia: Alien and Sedition Acts). Publishing such offensive information against the government would lead to fines and imprisonment. This act was used to stifle the Jeffersonian opposition, and lead to the imprisonment of several key Jeffersonian printers, such as David Brown.
Fortunately, all of the A&S acts, except the Alien Enemies Act, were repealed. However, the fact is that the constitution was blatantly violated for the reason of protecting the nation from the dangerous French subversives.
The scary part is, our congress and president are now casting similar laws (*cough*Patriot Act*cough), to protect us from dangerous Islamic terrorists.
Luckily, someone at the bank got smart. They changed their website to be more compatible two months later.