From: "Robert Comer" 

>I didn't mean to imply that.

You didn't I was just agreeing with you.  I really hate all DRM'dom.

I really hate TPM for the same reason and bitlocker is only useful in some
situations. (as you say)

--
Bob Comer


"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in
message news:45611e10{at}w3.nls.net...
>I didn't mean to imply that.
>
> If I were a business and I could look past vista's version of  wga, laptop
> TPM/BitLocker drive encryption would seem quite beneficial. Something like
> that should be mandatory for laptops with sensitive data
>
> "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
> news:456119c7$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >I don't have any reason/wish  to migrate to a DRM os.
>>
>> That's certainly not why I'm running Vista either!
>>
>> --
>> Bob Comer
>>
>>
>> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote
in message
>> news:45610834{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>I had thought of doing something like that. I also would like to test and
>>>see if there are any difficulties using the Vista BCD store entries in a
>>>non vm environment. I'll do it on a secondary pc to minimize any damage.
>>>It's just a learning exercise as I don't have any reason/wish  to migrate
>>>to a DRM os.
>>>
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&art
icleId=9005047&pageNumber=2
>>> As Rosoff's statement implies, many of Vista's DRM technologies exist
>>> not because Microsoft wanted them there; rather, they were developed at
>>> the behest of movie studios, record labels and other high-powered
>>> intellectual property owners.
>>>
>>>
>>> "Robert Comer"  wrote
in message
>>> news:4560fed0$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>I keep XP and Vista totally separated and put them both on primary
>>>>partitions. (so the boot managers don't see each other) and then boot
>>>>between them via a utility that comes with bootmagic called pqboot32.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Bob Comer
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Rich Gauszka"
 wrote in message
>>>> news:4560d52b$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>>I played with RC2 when I was building this PC now I'm
about ready to
>>>>>set up a dual-boot XP/Vista setup  ( XP already
installed ).  - keeping
>>>>>fingers crossed that the Vista boot manager won't become a boot
>>>>>mangler.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Robert Comer"
 wrote in message
>>>>> news:4560bdb7$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>>>I run Ultimate.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Bob Comer 
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Rich Gauszka"
 wrote in message
>>>>>> news:456075b4$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>>>> Which Vista?  ;-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Robert Comer"
 wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:45606490$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>>>>> Vista runs just fine in less than 1G...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It's true it takes more machine than XP
did, but XP takes more
>>>>>>>> machine than W2K does, as W2K takes
machine than NT4 ...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Bob Comer
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Geo" 
wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:455ff848{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>>>>>> "Adam"
<""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near the
bridge">
>>>>>>>>> wrote in
>>>>>>>>> message news:455dc888{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> There's bugger all diff till you
get to large memory
>>>>>>>>>> requirements.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Do you have a large (many GB)
database you want to operate on in
>>>>>>>>>> RAM?
>>>>>>>>>> Are you doing nuclear simulation
or rendering massive graphics
>>>>>>>>>> files?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Well vista want's 2 gig just to run
acceptably, if you run the
>>>>>>>>> beta of the
>>>>>>>>> next version of windows you probably
need 64 bit just to load the
>>>>>>>>> damn
>>>>>>>>> graphics driver..
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Geo.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
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