Arkaign
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Heh, I remember some of that with XP, but it wasn't nearly to the same extent with run-of-the-mill hardware. I mean, take basically any chipset/video card/sound card/modem from the old days, and load XP on the system, and it will work. Anything from ancient S3 PCI video cards to Opti Sound Cards to 14.4 modems, it all just worked 99% of the time. With Vista, we're seeing a lot of unsupported hardware that is common, like the NF2 chipset, common creative soundcards, etc. Peripherals I have a lot more leniency on their lack of support, but common hardware is a different issue. It's a little rough to have hardware that was purchased in the year before that doesn't work right or work at all under Vista. Of course, those people should just stick with XP until they can afford replacement hardware that works under Vista. The stuff doesn't cost that much anyway, though I can understand the frustration.
One nod to Vista here amidst the complaints, had a weird external USB modem that XP didn't have drivers for, Vista picked it right up and went to town. Good stuff.
Anyway, reading back and forth on our posts, we're pretty much on the same page, I think we're both pragmatic about the situation, and neither one of us could be considered a fanboy or a luddite.
Cheers, Ark
One nod to Vista here amidst the complaints, had a weird external USB modem that XP didn't have drivers for, Vista picked it right up and went to town. Good stuff.
Anyway, reading back and forth on our posts, we're pretty much on the same page, I think we're both pragmatic about the situation, and neither one of us could be considered a fanboy or a luddite.
Cheers, Ark