How Much Does Vista Cost, and We Are Not Talking About Money
Posted in Geeky by Dan at 2:14 pm
We know how many bux Vista will set you back, but how much does cost your system? Peter Gutmann, a researcher at the University of Auckland, does a very close inspection of the cost of Vista content protection, not in dollar amounts, but rather “…system performance, system stability, technical support overhead, and hardware and software cost.” and “…the collateral damage that this incurs throughout the computer industry.”
It is a really geeky but excellent well written read!
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14 Comments, Comment or Trackback
Hax
Will there be Vista Mod-Chips popping up? Like the ones you can buy for X-Box etc.?
I never thought that I’ll like my XP that much.
Jan 30th, 2007
ClaMs
“Decreased System Reliability” sort of stood out there.
Why do we want to upgrade to Vista again?
Jan 30th, 2007
G H I S C O T T
I cannot figure this out. When are people going to get wise to the Microsoft pitch? I will believe that vista is more secure when I see it. I don’t believe it will be any better as of now!
Jan 30th, 2007
Brian
That article has made me decide to not load vista on my home computer….I will still have it on my laptop, but nothing where I want to enjoy multi-media.
Jan 30th, 2007
DanC
Does anyone know of a less-geeky version? I want to send it to everyone i know so that they can understand just how bad vista is.
Jan 30th, 2007
Myles
Aside from the article, thank God this isn’t another ’switch to Mac’ post/comment that I’m seeing on most websites. Yes, we all know that Windows XP works just fine, and that Vista isn’t the all-powerful operating system that Microsoft claims it to be, but give it a break.
I’m probably going into deep waters here because I’d consider this a Mac/general technology blog, but I don’t understand the fuss that people make over Macs. Unless people like paying for over-priced hardware I’m pretty sure they’re in it for the Mac “look.” In the last few years Apple has designed some great looking products, but some of their hyped software sucks (iTunes, iMovie, etc).
I have nothing against Apple/Mac, but I’m tired of how people think they’re entitled to something “special” when the talk about switching (side note: more expensive doesn’t always mean better hardware).
Jan 30th, 2007
Dan
Myles - We consider ourselves OS agnostic. I use a Mac in my daily grind, so I am more inclined to publish more tips for the machine I use.
Jan 30th, 2007
Lisa
Myles, do you realize that people have different tastes? For instance, you may hate iTunes, but I happen to adore it and would take that over the NEW Windows Media Player anyday. Not sure what version they’re on now. But yeah… not everyone who buys a Mac is in it for the look. I’m in it for the feel. I love the ease of everything, and the abundance of interesting software not made by people who want to suck me dry of money. I know there is that on a PC, but I just dislike that experience. I have Windows XP Professional on my mac as well, so it’s not like I’m in want of getting away from that completely. As for the hardware, I love how everything fits together without the need of a tower. I didn’t want a laptop, so iMac was the way to go. But… I just HATE how people assume all these things about Mac owners. I would gladly tell people about my computer, but would say the pluses for other things as well. They don’t have to switch. It’s not better for everyone to switch. It’s just… different.
Jan 30th, 2007
Myles
Lisa,
I wasn’t trying to come off like that in any way. All I was saying was that I find that there is nothing special about Macs, yet I see nothing wrong with them (need I say, it’s my opinion). Anyone with a brain stem knows it’s all preference. Again, I was never assuming anything for ALL Mac owners, that would be the dumbest thing I could do. I just thought it was implied.
Oh, software wise, everything but my operating system was free (all legal). As for Mac, there are also alternatives.
Jan 30th, 2007
Dan
Agreed Myles. I toted a PC for years, and run one full time in conjunction with my Mac. I have a Linux box too :)
Jan 30th, 2007
Roy
apples are looking better and better every day.
Jan 30th, 2007
Myles
Dan, just got Fedora Core 6 running in Microsoft Virtual PC 2007. It’s really awesome!! What Linux distro are you running? Sorry for going off-topic. :-P
Jan 30th, 2007
Dan
NP - I am Running Core 6 as well. I dabbled in Ubuntu, but found Core 6 more widely accepted. For me an Apple is a great fit because I can run ANY OS I want, so I like the freedom of choice!
Jan 30th, 2007
RyanB
To comment #2, we want to because it’s so pretty!
Jan 31st, 2007
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