Comment It's not going to work anyway (Score 1) 129
(By that I mean the IDing, not the boycot)
1. Software manafacturers and ECommerce sites will never be able to REQUIRE the use of the ID - there will still be computers around for many years to come that don't have the ID, and also many new CPUs that don't use IDs.
2. It will be a long time before software support is in place for this, at least for the OS (how long does it take M$ to add a new feature?), and even if it is included in Linux (which I doubt), anyone can modify it to remove/disable it. And for non-open source OSs and applications, I'm sure there will be plenty of hacks written. In the case of FLASH-updatable BIOSes, some may even be able to hack the BIOS to prevent it )(hey, it's been done with Creative DVD drives)
3. Licensing software to a particular CPU is just stupid....what happens when you upgrade? You have to get a new licence.... HOW ANNOYING
4. What if you have multiple CPUs? What ID do you use?
5. Using the ID to find out what your real CPU speed is to detect overclocking? What a poor excuse. Instead of embedding the ID number, they should just embed the correct speed value it's self. And also, maybe new motherboards could then detect the correct speed.
1. Software manafacturers and ECommerce sites will never be able to REQUIRE the use of the ID - there will still be computers around for many years to come that don't have the ID, and also many new CPUs that don't use IDs.
2. It will be a long time before software support is in place for this, at least for the OS (how long does it take M$ to add a new feature?), and even if it is included in Linux (which I doubt), anyone can modify it to remove/disable it. And for non-open source OSs and applications, I'm sure there will be plenty of hacks written. In the case of FLASH-updatable BIOSes, some may even be able to hack the BIOS to prevent it )(hey, it's been done with Creative DVD drives)
3. Licensing software to a particular CPU is just stupid....what happens when you upgrade? You have to get a new licence.... HOW ANNOYING
4. What if you have multiple CPUs? What ID do you use?
5. Using the ID to find out what your real CPU speed is to detect overclocking? What a poor excuse. Instead of embedding the ID number, they should just embed the correct speed value it's self. And also, maybe new motherboards could then detect the correct speed.
