I doubt this will be an issue, generally software needs to be programed to use the DRM in the first place. I doubt there will be as much encrypting and decrypting being used, if any at all in the way this poster mentioned.
It's nice to see that Linspire customers can use a free alternative to Click n Run, and get out of paying yearly for such a service. The only down fall is the lack of OS updates. But at least its another choice.
I've seen the video. But I'm still a die hard AMD fan and have never seen an Athlon overheat with a heatsink on, and as long as it doesn't cost anymore to cool an Athlon than it does a P4 then I see this as a non issue. A good rule of thumb for any processor simply is don't run it without proper cooling.
BTW last I checked, the Athlon XP puts out about 70 Watts of heat vs. the, latest at the time, P4 which was about 60 Watts of heat. That basically makes them both good space heaters;) .
Here is an interesting review I just found.
http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/popular_ar ticles/article/1758/
"compatibility with a large number of OS"
All x86 compatible OS's run on x86 chips. Both intel and AMD chips are full x86 compatible chips. So how would intel have more compatible OS's than AMD?
"not to mention hardwares"
Again, if an intel motherboard has a PCI slot and an AMD motherboard has a PCI slot, how would the intel board be "more" compatible with a standard PCI card.
I hear people say this compatibility stuff a lot. Maybe you could explain what you mean. But from what I can see this is just marketing getting the best of people.
BTW AMD has been in business since 1969 and has many processors to choose from.
And intel is not going anywhere.AMD and intel will be neck and neck for a long as I can imagine. Who knows maybe VIA or Transmeta will catch up someday and make some crazy competition.
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I just had to point out that by saying "the local LUG users group" you just said "The local Linux users group users group".
I doubt this will be an issue, generally software needs to be programed to use the DRM in the first place. I doubt there will be as much encrypting and decrypting being used, if any at all in the way this poster mentioned.
It's nice to see that Linspire customers can use a free alternative to Click n Run, and get out of paying yearly for such a service. The only down fall is the lack of OS updates. But at least its another choice.
LOL The GIMP is to make the screen shot exciting. But I think I can think of a few other things that would make it a bit more exciting.
I've seen the video. But I'm still a die hard AMD fan and have never seen an Athlon overheat with a heatsink on, and as long as it doesn't cost anymore to cool an Athlon than it does a P4 then I see this as a non issue. A good rule of thumb for any processor simply is don't run it without proper cooling. BTW last I checked, the Athlon XP puts out about 70 Watts of heat vs. the, latest at the time, P4 which was about 60 Watts of heat. That basically makes them both good space heaters ;) .
Here is an interesting review I just found.
http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/popular_ar ticles/article/1758/
LOL don't take off an Athlons heatsink and you will be fine.
"compatibility with a large number of OS" All x86 compatible OS's run on x86 chips. Both intel and AMD chips are full x86 compatible chips. So how would intel have more compatible OS's than AMD? "not to mention hardwares" Again, if an intel motherboard has a PCI slot and an AMD motherboard has a PCI slot, how would the intel board be "more" compatible with a standard PCI card. I hear people say this compatibility stuff a lot. Maybe you could explain what you mean. But from what I can see this is just marketing getting the best of people. BTW AMD has been in business since 1969 and has many processors to choose from. And intel is not going anywhere.AMD and intel will be neck and neck for a long as I can imagine. Who knows maybe VIA or Transmeta will catch up someday and make some crazy competition.