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MS lowered Vista req. so Intel could sell incompatible chips
MS lowered Vista req. so Intel could sell incompatible chips
engadget - February 28, 2008
Submitted by Animate (241) at 8:22PM PST on February 28, 2008
"Although Intel's 915 chipset was initially rejected as incompatible with Vista, MS execs flatly admit that "In the end, we lowered the requirements to help Intel make their quarterly earnings so they could continue to sell motherboards with the 915 graphics embedded" and "We are caving to Intel. We worked the last 18 months to drive the UI experience and we are giving this up."
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