Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 2nd Nov 2009 18:08 UTC, submitted by poundsmack
Permalink for comment 392315
To read all comments associated with this story, please click here.
To read all comments associated with this story, please click here.





Member since:
2005-07-24
There are ways to tell, of course:
If processor is Atom then...
Microsoft killed DR DOS using similar techniques. My Compaq notebook's bios refuses to boot the OS if it sees the Intel mini-pci wifi card I bought to replace the horrid HP-labeled Broadcom one.
It's business as usual for entities which maintain a pack of attorneys on perpetual retainer.