->I just hate all the negative MS Bashing over Vista that I think is unfounded...
http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybrid.aspx?storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20070220:MTFH22215_2007-02-20_19-43-38_N20195686&type=comktNews&rpc=44
AMD chief says Vista impact underestimated
Microsoft Corp.'s new Windows Vista operating system will give a bigger boost to technology spending than many people now expect, Hector Ruiz, chief executive of computer chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc., said on Tuesday.
"We're very optimistic about Vista and we think people are underestimating the impact it will have," Ruiz told Reuters after a speech at the Detroit Economic Club.
Let's see, the upgrade of the 90+% marketshare OS requires vastly more hardware power, and completely new hardware to run DRMd HD*, that people will have to spend a lot more just to run it. I thought the technology spending boost was just common sense. The more Vista hogs, the more people will have to buy.
BTW, research recently showed the memory "sweet spot" for Vista is about 4 GB.
* Well, you hope, since most "HD Ready" products out there don't really support the DRM.