Neil

"CJM" <cjmnews04@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
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> Why then is it such a problem getting hold of software that works for x64?
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> a) Because it's not (yet) a priority for many manufacturers.

But for hardware vendors who have already produced an x86 Vista driver, the
marginal effort required to produce an x64 version (from what you're saying)
is next-to-non-existent.

> b) Because Vista x64 needs it's drivers signing, which involves
> certificates

Does the vendor have to pay for certification? In which case, I suppose
that could explain why a piece of hardware might have an x86 driver but no
x64 version. Though (I'd have thought) the cost of sorting out a Vista
driver at all must be mostly in the programming.

If it really is that easy, are hardware vendors just thinking, "Ah he's
installed the x64 version of Vista, he's someone who likes to get new stuff
for no apparent reason; I bet we can convince him to buy the latest version
of our thing, by only providing x86 drivers for the slightly older stuff."
Or am I too cynical?

Neil