Kerry Brown

It took at least a year after XP was released for most manufacturer's to
release good drivers. There are still many who can't seem to write drivers
without bugs. The way drivers are supposed to work in Vista is very
different from XP. Add to that the fact that manufacturer's have to write
two drivers, one for 32 bit, and one for 64 bit Vista, and it is easy to see
why drivers are an issue. I expect that for most older hardware (older than
a year ago) Vista drivers will never be available and it will be at least a
year after Vista is released before most drivers are relatively bug free. If
people want to use Vista they'll have to put up with updating drivers on a
regular basis for at least the next year and a half. I hope to be proved
wrong.

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Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Shell/User


"Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst(remove)@msn.com> wrote in message
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> This question keeps appearing in this and other ng's. I found the
> following to be a very apt description of why bugswatting in Vista is so
> tough:
>
> "Compared to the initial release of Windows XP, the sheer amount of
> different hardware to be supported, as well as the almost infinite
> combinations of hardware is proving to be quite a challenge for Microsoft
> as well as the hardware vendors. One of the biggest hurdles to be faced
> lies in the fact that it is impossible to find bugs, when certain hardware
> does not work...."
>
> I took it from PROneTworks Vista Newsletter Vol. 1, Issue 55, just
> released.
>
>