Hardware Comments
posted in Technology, Vista, Hardware |Two other notes on my hardware plans. First of all, the ASUS board says that it will support the future 45nm processors, yet several of the roadmaps show new Intel chipsets coming out and one of their features being support for the 45nm parts. I’m curious what the real story is here?
The other is whether or not to try Vista 64-bit? On the one hand going 64-bit could make a future upgrade to 4gb of RAM more easy. And I’ve checked and in theory all the pieces I’m getting will have Vista 64-bit drivers. On the other hand its hard to imagine that the 64-bit drivers are as tested (not to mention Vista itself) plus I’ve heard that 64-bit Windows was used as an excuse to lock down various DRM things that seem very consumer un-friendly. I will be trying out Vista’s Media Center support- I’m not planning on upgrading my existing Media Center box, instead I’m building this new one and I’m going to make sure its stable before I trust it as my main TV.