The article about DRM:
It's important to note that OCMP compliant hardware is not required to run Windows Vista. Certified hardware and drivers will be required to play protected content only. For the foreseeable future, this will encompass HD DVD, video and possibly audio. Users that do not intend to access these media types on their home PC will be unaffected by Vista's DRM features.
So if I watch HD DVD (I don't plan to upgrade to it any time soon) or DRM'd video/audio files, I have to have special hardware.
God, I'm glad I don't have DRM on any of my pirated music!
@ bold: Yeah, it's a battery killer. It could kill your battery! It could also give you herpes. Key word: could.
How, exactly, could it give you herpes?
If you manage to get a strain of herpes virus on your computer keyboard and you kiss it, you could get herpes!
Just like if you run all the high-powered features that come with Vista (Aero for instance) and try playing a game like Neverwinter Nights at the same time, you'll find that it could lower your battery life.
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Just use common sense and disable intensive features. If you ask, "how will the average user know what's an intensive feature" then Linux is not ready to replace Windows, so there's no real reason to compare the "Gnu operating system" to Windows. Just get over the fact that GNU/Linux will never penetrate the marketshare dominated by Windows any time soon.