Windows Vista (x32) will not support HD DVDs.

[kexodusc]

Yeah...the only thing I like about my Linux machine is it's not windows...Ugh...
I suspect it's all just a driver/firmware thing. Windows won't supply that, which is by no means an industry first. If the company who makes the drive supplies the driver (most do), it's no big deal. I have a few drivers in my Windows machine not signed by microsoft, they work fine.

If the article does in fact mean a 32-bit OS is incapable of supporting HD-DVD (can't imagine how a workaround wouldn't be possible) then the anti-piracy nazis have pulled another fast one on us.
Oh well, at least Intel would start pushing 64-bit if HD-DVD took off

[basite]

. I have a few drivers in my Windows machine not signed by microsoft, they work fine.

this just means that microsoft didn't make them, practically every driver out there exept for the plug and play things, and even for them, you (can) do upgrades which are not made by microsoft. my guess about not being able to play hd-dvd or blu ray is just for the first release (retail), i guess they'll build it in in some crappy service pack which makes your pc even more buggy, just like xp (retail) and hdd drives bigger then 120gigs, you had to install service pack 1 or 2 before windows could use the full capacity of the hdd.