Most significantly, TPM and TXT together can ensure trusted boot. That is, they can ensure that the system's boot files haven't been tampered with before letting the system boot. This has the potential to make life a whole lot harder for rootkit authors. Some of the widespread Windows rootkits today overwrite the Windows boot loader so that they can tamper with the operating system before it even loads, to disable certain security features and make themselves even harder to detect.
So essentially, neither processor really gives me what I want. 2600K isn't an upgrade from 2600, even though it costs more; it gains in some areas, but loses in others.
But when the pricing tiers don't correspond with capabilities—pay more and get less, pay less and get more
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