Microsoft, Sony Clash Over Vista Turbo Memory 161
Anonymous writes "Sony is claiming that the current release of Vista does not support Intel's Turbo Memory technology, but Microsoft has dismissed the allegation. If Microsoft is telling the truth then all is well. But if Sony is right, Microsoft has opened itself to being sued for deceptive marketing practices."
Re:So, sue me (Score:5, Funny)
Other than positive regard by a larger number of the American people, I have no idea.
Deceptive Marketing Practices... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Hmmm. (Score:5, Funny)
We used to play a (DOS) joke called "Turbo Copy"
Just press "ALT" then "E" then "A" ... then hit the Deliver key (DEL).
Turbo Copy! 100% data loss, but it sure is fast!
Maybe that's how MS saves their roadmap.txt file.
Summary, if I understand it correctly: (Score:5, Funny)
Microsoft: It does too. See? It uses the flash memory for...things. Vroom.
Sony: You call that support? It doesn't do what it's supposed to.
Microsoft: Just because you can't see it doesn't mean it's not happening. It's integrated and magical.
Sony: Yeah, it'll half-work, as long as you micromanage what files are cached.
Microsoft: See? Integration.
Sony: Um...no. Not quite.
Must be a day that ends in "y"... (Score:4, Funny)
Huh.
Who'd of thunk it?
Must be a day that ends with "y".
(rolls eyes)
Re:Summary, if I understand it correctly: (Score:1, Funny)
Microsoft: It does too. See? It uses the flash memory for...things. Vroom.
Sony: You call that support? It doesn't do what it's supposed to.
Microsoft: Just because you can't see it doesn't mean it's not happening. It's integrated and magical.
Sony: Yeah, it'll half-work, as long as you micromanage what files are cached.
Microsoft: See? Integration.
Sony: Um...no. Not quite.
Deceptive marketing (Score:4, Funny)
Considering they got away claiming they were selling Operating Systems, I don't think this will be a problem.
Sony, psts! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Sony is not dying .. (Score:4, Funny)
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=AAPL&t=6m [yahoo.com]
Re:Summary, if I understand it correctly: (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Sony is not dying .. (Score:3, Funny)
Outrageous claims.
Re:Summary, if I understand it correctly: (Score:3, Funny)
Turbo button? (Score:4, Funny)
The case of the AT box under my table which I use as a router-cum-fileserver has a "TURBO" button on the front display.
The box usually runs OpenBSD, so I tried starting a Vista installation to see what all the fuss was about.
Unfortunately, it appears 64MB of "tradtional" RAM is not enough for Vista.
Turbo? (Score:3, Funny)
Or is it memory that can only be used by TurboPascal?
Re:Turbo? (Score:3, Funny)
They use the spin of the harddrive, since it's spinning most of the time anyway, to run a compressor that compresses the data (It's a well known fact that data has properties very similar to a gas) so that more of it can fit into the memory at once, giving instantly improved performance.
For added performance, you can also have the data-bus go through a cooler.
Re:Its all marketing... (Score:3, Funny)
If you gaze into their beautful pale blue eyes, you can just make out the words IRQL_NOT_LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO and a bunch of hex.
Bigger question (Score:3, Funny)
When is the Linux kernel going to make use of Turbo Memory? It would be funny if, after MS touting this tech for so long, we can say "but you need Linux before it will work properly".