We’ve been hearing noise about the AMD 64 Live! entertainment PC platform for a while, and now it’s time for the company to actually launch the marketing concept that trails six months behind Intel’s similar hardware and software requirements it calls Viiv. Hey wait a minute, they rhyme, Live/Viiv. Oprah/Uma. Anyway, AMD says forty system builders will be rolling out their versions of Live! in June, including companies such as Alienware, HP, Gateway and Acer.
https://gizmodo.com/viiv-off-to-a-slow-start-157204
AMD’s Live PC requirements include at least a dual core AM2-based Athlon 64 4200+ processor, Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition (MCE) operating system with the ability to upgrade to Windows Vista and display its Aero Glass graphical interface, at least a gig of RAM, a SATA hard drive and a DVD burner. Recommended are a TV tuner and HDMI support with HDCP. Since Windows Vista won’t have any Media Center Edition, we’re thinking this is all just a pointless public relations exercise to try to get people to buy faster PCs with AMD chips inside. Next year at this time, these specs will represent a garden-variety PC.
AMD launches Live! entertainment PC platform [TG Daily]
