From: "Rich Gauszka" 

The Vista team is hallucinating equating additional CPU cycles used for drm
with additional functionality for consumers.

from the link
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Will Windows Vista content protection features increase CPU resource consumption?

Yes.  However, the use of additional CPU cycles is inevitable, as the PC
provides consumers with additional functionality.
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"John Beamish"  wrote in message
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> In this vein ... there was the story that Vista imposed DRM in such a
> manner that if (for example) you were listening to a CD that was subject
> to DRM and you were a technician viewing (according to this example) a
> digital x-ray that the x-ray would be degraded to the same extent that DRM
> required the CD to be degraded.
>
> The Windows Vista team replied here:
> http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2007/01/20/windows-vis
ta-content-protection-twenty-questions-and-answers.aspx
>
>
>
> On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 19:08:30 -0500, Rich Gauszka
>  wrote:
>
>> My main problem with vista is my sheer distrust of Microsoft's drm and
>> activation  schemes - other than that I really like widgets ( both on OS
>> X
>> and Vista ) - Taking out newsgroups in Windows mail sucks too
>>
>> "Geo."  wrote in message
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>>> Nope. In fact once I turned File/Edit/View back on I found I rather like
>>> it.
>>>
>>> I've discovered something else that may shock a few people here. I like
>>> Vista. Oh not the spyware or activation or drm aspects, no those make it
>>> totally unacceptable taking far too much control of my machine and
>>> putting
>>> it in the hands of others. However ignore those and I like it a whole
>>> lot
>>> better than XP, it's not near as annoying and has some nice stuff.
>>>
>>> Geo.
>>>
>>> "mike"  wrote in message
>>> news:0me4r25lv655e7rhjcf5ajs3qsjjs3t0j9{at}4ax.com...
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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