This is somewhat similar to the thinking behind the "sandboxing" structure used in Google Chrome.  However, I believe that doesn't really create a full virtual layer between the browser and ...

I'd be looking to just leave it on my desktop and hook it up w/e-sata ...

no more expanding rippling shockwaves?? damn.  well can I still keep my mushroom clouds at least..? and my nanosuit...oh, and my laciviously lush tropical environments too.  Those are all "gri ...

Mojo, That noise you just heard was the needle skipping across the vinyl as the music suddenly stopped and everybody turned to stare at you  ...

Do I detect some family resemblence to you in those pics Mark? ...

I just looked closer at that diagram...very interesting.  They have it spec'd for DDR3 (2 channel)...but the memory controller is on the GPU side of the die...?? ...

LOL yeah I think the "customer feedback" they got was mostly along the lines of what Keith said below, "Intel IGP sucks in it's current form!!" ...

It'll do more than just save them the $350Mil, it will gain them everything that every OTHER company pays SanDisk right now for licensing/royalties. ...

Now I'm no "researcher," but I've already "discovered" that under the hood of Chrome is webkit, the same core code found in Safari...and therefore I'd already deduced it would have ...

Yeah I just tried it too in Chrome...searching "CNN" in the address bar, and I also tried going to CNN.com and doing a search with the site's search function, and both worked properly for me ...

Thanks Marc, I kinda thought/hoped that would be the answer.  I understand optimizing the interaction between the two (from BIOS or O/S side), I just though M$ was claiming to directly alter BIOS set ...

nec mora nec requies! ...

It's like my great grandfather used to say, "you can't write perfect code for all of the people all of the time."I think what gramps was trying to get across is that no matter what path deve ...

In what ways can an OS "optimize" a BIOS? ...

maybe it should come with a copy of 1984 ...

wow, to have such a firm opinion of the quality of the final product, you must have been testing your little ass off in the short couple of hours that it's been public.  Thanks for taking a break to ...

go to the customize and control menu (the wrench-looking icon), then options, and on the "basics" tab there's an option to "show home button on toolbar" ...

That comic strip they made is damn funny!  But actually pretty educational too...sounds like they've got some damn good ideas going into this, it'll be great to see some of them in action soon.  Goo ...

"Please excuse me while I disconnect my router"  lol  I meant to add that exact comment to my post below.I'll add a critical #13 to your list: lolcatz.  Seriously, you'd be surprised at w ...

This is nothing more than comcast publicly stating firm numbers for the same bandwith caps they've been clandestinely enforcing all along...and they're only doing that now out of a desire to avoid any ...

crap, did I say that out loud??? ...

"our hand was sore after an extended session"story of my life ...

HDMI/VGA inputs??  either that's a typo or we're FINALLY gonna have the capability to run a laptop's screen as an ad-hoc 2nd display for a desktop or other laptop (now wouldn't THAT be cool!) ...

Chris, the diagrams here: http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=613  make it look like there will be native SLI support for 2-4 slots ...

Why can't M$ just validate my software once, at time of install, and then be done with it??  What is repeated checking supposed to catch once it's a valid install?  It's not like my copy could lose ...