Re: Update: Microsoft Intentionally Cripples HD DVD, Blu-ray Support in Vista 32-bit
nessuno wrote:
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=3922
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Roy Schestowitz wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/s2a8r (MSWatch, no PR)
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"High Plains Thumper" <hpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1156528500.177108@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Those are contradictory announcements, but not beyond my expectations.
I find it hard to believe that with video accelerated cards, a 32-bit OS
with higher end processor cannot handle high definition content.
I don't think anything claimed that a 32-bit OS could not handle HD
content. Rather, the issue was that Microsoft had made it a policy that
32-bit Vista would allow the running of unsigned drivers, while 64-bit Vista
would not allow the running of unsigned drivers.
And so the first article says that "Big Media Companies" want movies to
ONLY be playable on 64-bit Vista, so that they could verify that the drivers
were signed. In other words, they didn't want 3rd party drivers which bypass
DRM to be in use. That article also implied that Microsoft complied with
this request, whereas the second article says Microsoft is basically
ignoring the request, and software vendors are free to write whatever
restriction they want (which might be ZERO restrictions) in their media
playing programs. It's not Microsoft's problem.
- Oliver
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