The new version recommends at least a 4GHz processor and 2 GB of RAM and 200 GB of disk space. Although the minimum processor is 2 GHz and 1 GB of RAM and 120 GB of disk space, the extra is needed to take advantage of the many new productivity enhancements added to the new version of Windows. It should also be noted that the faster computer is required to make the operating system seem to be running as fast as the Windows YP...
Bill Gates CEO has said "This is the first operating system that delivers what everybody wants!"...For Hollywood and the laws passed by Congress in 2002, Microsoft has finally managed to prevent unathorized copying of files. To make MP3s from audio DVD's you must scan in a written authorization letter from the artist and recording company which will be validated via the Internet. In all other circumstances copying or reformatting data is prohibited at the operation system and hardware level...
The installation media is a set of 3 DVD's. Microsoft will allow users to trade in the DVD's for a set of 30 CD's for a nominal fee...
"'Consumer Advocate' Scott McNeally immediately filed suit in federal court, demanding that Microsoft be dismantled, because the required base system -- available off the shelf for $275 from every known vendor except for a company called 'Sun' -- is an unfair hardship on the consumers."