Here's an interesting article that tries to debunk myths about Vista, and in doing so I learned something about the OS that I found ridiculous:
excerpt from myth #8:
So if you are unlucky enough to buy one of these machines it is crippled right out of the box?!? Heh, so much for Vista and multicore gaming unless you happen to have purchased the "business class" edition of Vista for your gaming rig.
excerpt from myth #8:
In fact, all versions of Vista will run on a machine with multiple processors installed--but Home Basic and Premium will recognize and use only one of the processors.
So if you are unlucky enough to buy one of these machines it is crippled right out of the box?!? Heh, so much for Vista and multicore gaming unless you happen to have purchased the "business class" edition of Vista for your gaming rig.