Hardware security in PCs to accompany new Windows

[James Knott]

Mike Newman wrote:
> Stronger anti-copying measures for Windows would be excellent. Almost
> everyone I know runs Windows but I think only one or two of them is
> using a copy that they bought, or received bundled with their
> computer. Home users would flock to GNU/Linux if they actually had to
> pay $300 for Windows.

A while back, Intel was talking about putting a serial number on the 
CPU.  This could have been used to verify single use, when Windows 
phones home to register.  However, that was killed, due to "privacy" 
concerns.
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