Demand should stay the same, but supply may - at least in the short term. So the price may not change in the medium to long term, because the demand curve hasn't altered - people still want x86 processors, so supply should increase.
But it is a crimp on innovation, i.e. what do Intel have to do to stop you from going to another supplier? nothing, because there isn't one. But they want to keep companies out of the market so they'll still innovate.
Because irrespective if they do make a DRM system that is secure, you can still intercept the audio and video outside of the computer. With DVI video interfaces and fibreoptic audio outputs, the loss of quality would be negligable.
Or do they intend to make everyone use "sealed" computers...
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Demand should stay the same, but supply may - at least in the short term. So the price may not change in the medium to long term, because the demand curve hasn't altered - people still want x86 processors, so supply should increase. But it is a crimp on innovation, i.e. what do Intel have to do to stop you from going to another supplier? nothing, because there isn't one. But they want to keep companies out of the market so they'll still innovate.
Because irrespective if they do make a DRM system that is secure, you can still intercept the audio and video outside of the computer. With DVI video interfaces and fibreoptic audio outputs, the loss of quality would be negligable.
Or do they intend to make everyone use "sealed" computers...
http://www.servability.com/music/pink-farscape.wmv