Eh?

Awesome post, this is what I wish Slashdot would consistently deliver.

This is probably close to the mark. Here are some new features for Vista:

The Multimedia Class Scheduler Service: basically a service that juggles thread priorities keeping "important" ones (read: audio playback) near the top:

    http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms684247. aspx

The I/O system in Vista also has an idea of different priority packets. Therefore the disk read for the next MP3 frame is probably a higher priority than
the read for the next network packet.

    http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/driver/priorityio.ms px

This is complete speculation on my part but I could see how these thing might affect machine performance during audio playback.

I'm not Christian. I'm just tolerant of them.

You, on the other hand, are an unapologetic bigot, and you should be ashamed of yourself.

I'm a big fan of the "there's no such thing as a stupid question" philosophy.

But then what about stupid people? Do they suddenly get smart when posing a question?

Now, serious, the act of asking a genuine question would defy being stupid I think.