But not to consumers, only to business owners.
The only version released has been to small business owners, not consumers.
Yes it does matter. Microsoft has differentiated business owner customers, to which Vista is available to, and consumer availability which they clearly state will not be until Jan. 30.
The only intended release of Vista is to business owners. If consumers are able to get around that restriction and purchase that version for themself, it is not nVidia's responsibility to adhere to these individuals. Blame MS for not being strict enough in enforcing their statements that Vista is not available to consumers until Jan. 30.
I question your logic if you believe that it is "wrong" for MS to assume their statement of consumers not purcashing Vista until consumer availability on Jan. 30, as MS has clearly stated.
You are adhering to the few who find work-arounds for standards setup by MS and their product, and then blaming nVidia for not succumbing to this dilema.
Your false advertising claim is a highly speculative one, and doesn't stand much merit if we were talking on legal terms (mostly for the fact that what G80 was ready for had not yet been released to consumers).
Furthermore, the hardware is fully ready / capable, and nowhere did nVidia advertise a Vista driver, as there clearly is not one.
You see both logics, yet dismiss them so carelessly.
Vista is not available to consumers. It's not nVidia's responsibility to take care of those who managed to get around that restriction, just for the heck of it, and complain that their pre-released copy (as in it has yet to be released to consumers), isn't working.
There's a reason MS sets up availability dates, to give other companies timelines / benchmarks to work with. When those timelines are breeched by individuals, for whatever purpose, it should not create an atmosphere where nVidia bends over backwards to attain to their needs, when they couldn't wait to buy the version when it was released on Jan. 30.
Everyone has the right to complain. Whether their complaints contain merit and validity is a different story.
The point of that comment was to display the nature in which some of our members go through heck and back to bash and attack a company, when they don't fit in with the group who, based on the circumstances, should be the ones upset.
You yourself have neither Geforce 8800, nor Vista. Obviously you have the right to still complain, but I also have the right to question those complaints when they do not pertain to yourself nor situation.
As I've said all along, nVidia should have Vista drivers when Vista becomes available. If I have stated otherwise in this thread, please elaborate.
heh, cherry-picking time.
I guess it's already known where most of your stances lay, therefore one should not expect anything other than attacks and complaints all day long (it will be interesting to watch you hold this same standard to ATI and R600 )
A normal consumer? Anyone who isn't a business owner using Vista in their business.
MS is pretty clear about that, so if you need an explanation, just go check out their statements.
You don't have to be a pirate to be running something that has yet to release (or maybe you are, that's really beside the point). The fact of the matter is that is has not yet been released to consumers, and won't until Jan. 30.
What you're called if you bipass that restriction is beyond me, and irrelevant, nonetheless.
Lol, you're right. Yesterday I staged my protest at nVidia, pleading for a Vista driver, but now I've seen the light.
Because if they can't run their OS, they are going to complain.
But really, that's a pretty weak argument when you're making the case that I sympathize with anyone who can't manage to get things working in their life.
Ditto. You have no more credability than he does (if anything, I'd argue you have less).
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