Replies to post #140154 on Wave Systems Corp. (fka WAVXQ)

[RootOfTrust]

Doma, LOL! e/

[svenm]

Doma, Perhaps odd, but definitely part of the spec's. TPM 1.2 and this PC is designed for students throughout developing nations (India, China, Brazil--lots of kids there!). It also appears to me that it is indeed an Intel PC:

http://download.intel.com/intel/worldahead/pdf/classmatepc_productbrief.pdf?iid=worldahead+ac_cmpc_p...

Cheers,
Svenm

[barge]

Doma--The TPM 1.2 is used to enable a bullet proof Classroom Virtual Network. The last thing kids needs is to have their network hijacked by perverts.

[scorpio_esq]

This was discussed on the board before. This cheap PC will have a TPM so that it can be financed (securely) on a pay-as-you-use basis, a strategy to make these PCs attractive to third world consumers.