Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 23rd Dec 2006 17:36 UTC, submitted by PR
"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."
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2005-10-12
"How does Mac handle the protected content ?"
Apple will implement the standard. If you play the wrong kind of media, your Mac will degrade like your Vista machine.
But then, you'll be able to buy all the content you can have any legitimate use for, from the iMedia store. So your Mac should never degrade. Everything should be fine.