A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection

Vikingod · Dec 27, 2006, 02:32 PM

Source: Peter Guttman
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Windows Vista includes an extensive reworking of core OS elements in order to provide content protection for so-called "premium content", typically HD data from Blu-Ray and HD-DVD sources. Providing this protection incurs considerable costs in terms of system performance, system stability, technical support overhead, and hardware and software cost. These issues affect not only users of Vista but the entire PC industry, since the effects of the protection measures extend to cover all hardware and software that will ever come into contact with Vista, even if it's not used directly with Vista (for example hardware in a Macintosh computer or on a Linux server). This document analyses the cost involved in Vista's content protection, and the collateral damage that this incurs throughout the computer industry.

Vikingod · Dec 27, 2006, 02:39 PM

Thats a lot of reading, but there are some very interesting points in the paper.

harisbrown · Dec 27, 2006, 04:44 PM

Has anything been mentioned recently about sound cards and Vista? I remember reading something.. somewhere... about sound cards not being properly supported by Vista. I think it had something to do with the DirectSound, but I'm not sure. The more I see articles like this one, the more I don't want anything to do with Vista.

Dec 27, 2006, 02:32 PM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,149 Rep Power: 85 System Specs	A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection Source: Peter Guttman __________ Windows Vista includes an extensive reworking of core OS elements in order to provide content protection for so-called "premium content", typically HD data from Blu-Ray and HD-DVD sources. Providing this protection incurs considerable costs in terms of system performance, system stability, technical support overhead, and hardware and software cost. These issues affect not only users of Vista but the entire PC industry, since the effects of the protection measures extend to cover all hardware and software that will ever come into contact with Vista, even if it's not used directly with Vista (for example hardware in a Macintosh computer or on a Linux server). This document analyses the cost involved in Vista's content protection, and the collateral damage that this incurs throughout the computer industry. __________________ *How You Can Help DriverHeaven By Using Digg*

Dec 27, 2006, 02:39 PM	#2
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,149 Rep Power: 85 System Specs	Thats a lot of reading, but there are some very interesting points in the paper. __________________ *How You Can Help DriverHeaven By Using Digg*

Dec 27, 2006, 04:44 PM	#3
harisbrown DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Sound Cards Has anything been mentioned recently about sound cards and Vista? I remember reading something.. somewhere... about sound cards not being properly supported by Vista. I think it had something to do with the DirectSound, but I'm not sure. The more I see articles like this one, the more I don't want anything to do with Vista.