> > This is where Vista is a major screw up. Nobody cares about DRM > compliance but the DRM police. Nobody cares about multimedia systems, > and since functioning multimedia now fits in $500 telephones people are > understandably cynical about needing multicore multi GB systems to make > it work. What people DO care about, very much, is having a system that > happens NOW, click to keyboard, at their actual UI. Microsoft is in > deep trouble... > > rgb >
I do have to interject on the "nobody cares about multimedia systems" front. I, for one, certainly do. In fact I just spent this year's personal system budget (as provided by my current employer) on a multmedia system. We do virtual environments and our stuff is too heavy weight to run on smaller or embedded devices. I went with a desktop system as it gives me the ability to perform detailed testing and also the flexibility in hardware and software to experiment with under-the-hood designs. Our users also mostly use multimedia systems or gaming oriented systems. The system I just picked up (a Fujistu Siemens Scaleo P system) came with Vista. It works fairly well for the most part, but when I started adding peripherals it exposed some of Vista's shortcomings. The lack of device drivers being the main issue. Oddly, I considered the system to be quite slow, but now it seems it very responsive. I assume there are still a lot mysterious under the hood processes going on... and the lack of transparency is my biggest concern. And that damn virtualization EULA clause. And... well... I have some issues, but it works well enough. -geoff _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
